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On Saturday August 8th 2009 The Celebrity Planet invites you to cross Abbey Road exactly 40 years on!
Follow in the footsteps of The Beatles across the world famous Abbey Road crossing; dress up as either John, Paul, George or Ringo in one of their many iconic styles; sing along to "Come Together", "Hey Jude" and "Octopus' Garden" from 11am, don't forget your ipod!
You can use Celebrity Planet's Abbey Road web cam (see links) and your family and friends can watch from anywhere in the world!
Pop Culture History
At around 11:30am on August 8th 1969 The Beatles crossed the pedestrian crossing by Abbey Road Studios to pose for pictures for the front cover of their new album. Only six pictures were taken in all, and the photo shoot lasted for 10 minutes. The cover photograph was taken by photographer Iain Macmillan and has since become one of the most famous and most imitated album covers in recording history.
Did you know?
1. Paul McCartney is bare-footed and out of step with John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison.
2. The Volkswagen Beetle parked next to the zebra crossing belonged to one of the people living in the apartment across from the recording studio. After the album came out, the number plate was stolen repeatedly from the car. In 1986, the car was sold at an auction for $23,000 and is currently on display at the Volkswagen museum in Wolfsburg, Germany.
3. The man standing on the pavement in the background is Paul Cole, an American tourist unaware he had been photographed until he saw the album cover months later.
4. In the UK Abbey Road was the best-selling album of 1969 and the fourth best-selling of the entire 1960s, and the eighth best-selling album of 1970.
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We grew up with Thriller, and whichever way you look at it, he made the lives of many better
through his music. Iconic, famous in the true sense of the word, Michael Jackson and his music
changed the landscape of popular music, culture and impacted the lives of millions through his musical
genius and the media circus that followed this intensely private man.
He will never be forgotten, and whereas for many their legend begins at death, Michael Jackson was a
legend in his own lifetime, achieving greatness few have surpassed, a unique, magical talent indeed.
Full report on his untimely death:
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