Abbey Road

In 1969 The Beatles released one of their most famous albums, 'Abbey Road'. Why the name? Because it was recorded at the studios of the same name, that just happen to be located at 3 Abbey Road in the St. John's Wood area of London! The cover art for the album is, of course, the classic photo of the band walking single file on the zebra crossing (pedestrian walkway) across Abbey Road.
For true Beatles fans it's a must-do thing to visit Abbey Road and literally walk in the footsteps John, Ringo, Paul and George on that very same zebra crossing.
Abbey Road Studios, which opened in 1931, has had an illustrious history. The part of the building that fronts onto the road is in fact a Georgian townhouse built in the 1830's - it's an English Heritage Grade 2 listed building - and doesn't exactly conform to one's minds-eye-picture of a major music recording studio.  Numerous world-renown artists have recorded at Abbey Road including Michael Jackson, Hank Williams, Placido Domingo, Burt Bacharach, Alicia Keys, Green Day and Adele. The movie scores for 'The Empire Strikes Back', 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince', 'Iron Man 2' and 'Prometheus' were also recorded there. The studio is still in full operation today.
I have only visited Abbey Road once. It was a weekday in May and I arrived at about 11.00am in the morning. It was quite a scene when I got there, with Beatles fans of all ages from around the world 'staging' by zebra crossing, waiting for an appropriate break in the traffic to walk out onto the road, turn for the mandatory photo-op and proceed to the other side. I noticed a group of  Japanese tourists crossed bare-footed - I later learned that that is what the true aficionados do! I suspect that whatever time of day, month or year one visits Abbey Road the scene would always be the same - a good number of folk hanging around paying homage to the fab four.
Whether one's a die-hard Beatles fan or not it's an enjoyable thing to visit this famed London Street. It's quick and easy to get to. The closest underground station is St. John's Wood on the Jubilee line - it's just a few stops north from central London. Upon exiting the tube station stroll along Grove End Road for about 5 minutes and then you'll be there. Also, St. John's Wood happens to be a very pleasant, affluent, leafy residential neighborhood - it's a nice place to check-out.
For my money, excepting The Beatles album, the  most famous LP to be produced at Abbey Road Studios is Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'. Any arguments? - no, I didn't think so.