Rock and Roll, Pop 1969.09.26 Studio Apple / Parlophone PCS 7088 George Martin Session Musicians (strings) Billy Preston George Martin Mike Vickers Certified as a Gold Record by the Recording Industry Association of America on October 27, 1969. Certified as a Platinum Record by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 26, 1991 Certified as a Multi-Platinum (Level 9.0) Record by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 26, 1991 Certified as a Multi-Platinum (Level 11.0) Record by the Recording Industry Association of America on January 10, 1997 Certified as a Diamond Record by the Recording Industry Association of America on January 10, 1997 "The End" was the last song recorded by the group in their last session together. The Abbey Road cover photograph is one of the most famous and most coppied Album Covers in popular music. Geoff E. Emerick & Philip McDonald the engineers on Abbey Road won the 1969 Grammy for Best Engineered Recording, Non Classical.