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What about the crack on the back cover? What is the meaning behind the number plate on show? Such was the hysteria surrounding The Beatles at the time, there were many convinced of hidden meanings in everything the band did. McCartney, still very much alive today we think , spoofed the cover in for his Paul Is Live album.

And he is not the only one. Kanye West used the road for his live album Late Orchestration in But celebrity tributes and conspiracy theories aside, essentially, it is a picture of four men albeit four men from the most successful band in the world crossing a fairly ordinary looking street.

The White Album was all-white, Sgt Pepper was loud, colourful and full of famous faces. So why has this remained the most enduring cover image of The Beatles' career? It's just four guys, walking across the road - now a very famous road.

Watch Live. Abbey Road: The story behind the famous cover On the 50th anniversary of the iconic Abbey Road cover photograph being taken, Sky News takes a look at how it came about.

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