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Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), [1] commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He has sold more than 100 million records and has more than two billion streams. [2]
If not for two near-death experiences, the life of folk singer Yusuf/Cat Stevens — formerly known just as Cat Stevens — could have been very different than it is today. And both of these brushes with death bookend what's debatably the singer-songwriter's most creative period.
It was an acknowledgment by artist and audience alike: Cat Stevens, a figure who, for all intents and purposes, had ceased to exist more than three decades ago, had come back.
Folk singer Cat Stevens wrote the song "The First Cut is the Deepest" in the 1960s. Since then it has become a hit for four different artists.
Cat Stevens grew from being a teen idol of the 1960s into one of the most influential singer-songwriters of all time. In addition to his vast musical achievements, his lifelong spiritual quest has added intrigue and depth to a groundbreaking career.
Singer-songwriter looks back on what he's learned in decades of searching — and reveals his upcoming memoir and new album — in Rolling Stone ‘s Last Word interview. By Simon Vozick-Levinson.
The violence and killing which has been going on continuously, day after day since the end of World War II — when ‘peace’ was supposed to have finally arrived — seems like a cruel mockery. The war did not end, for many people in the Holy land, it just got a whole lot worse. Read More.
Yusuf (f.k.a Cat Stevens) has spent much of the past decade crafting his new album King of a Land, and he’ll finally reveal it to the world on June 16. Ahead of the release, the artist shared...
The former Cat Stevens is still wrestling with his past – and winning. A profile of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician.
As 1968 dawned, the still-teenage Stevens was in a bad way. His last few singles had flopped – unthinkable in the fast-moving, brutal world of ’60s pop. ... Cat Stevens signs with Island Records.