Ziggy Stardust’s Album Cover

The cover photograph for the iconic David Bowie’s album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was shot here, at 23 Heddon Street, by Brian Ward (not by Mick Rock, as Wikipedia claims. F*ck Wikipedia!). It was taken in black and white and later coloured by artist Terry Pastor of Main Artery.

The Beatles’ Rooftop Concert

The last public performance by The Beatles? Right here in Mayfair on the roof of the Apple Corps building, on Thursday 30th of January 1969, with keyboardist Billy Preston!

Jimi Hendrix’s Flat

From July 1968 to June 1969, Jimi Hendrix lived on the upper floor of 23 Brook Street, in Mayfiar, next door to Handel House (at 25 Brook Street), where the great composer George Frideric Handel lived from 1723 until his death in 1759.