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Cat Stevens is tagged as: folk, singer-songwriter, classic rock, acoustic, rock

Cat Stevens (born Steven Demetre Georgiou in London, England on 21st July 1948, and now named Yusuf Islam) is best known for his work as a popular British folk rock musician, although born and raised by a Cypriot father and a Swedish mother. At the outset of his musical career, Georgiou adopted the stage name “Cat Stevens”, under which name he sold forty million albums, mostly in the 1960s and 1970s.
Stevens became a convert to Islam in 1978 after a near-death experience. He adopted the name Yusuf Islam and became an outspoken advocate for the religion. Following his conversion, Yusuf abandoned his previous career as a pop star, with which he had always been uncomfortable. Song and the use of musical instruments is an area of debate in Islamic jurisprudence (law) and is the primary factor Cat Stevens retreated from the pop spotlight. At one point he wrote to the record companies asking that his music no longer be distributed, but his request was denied.
He released a series of low-profile spoken word albums throughout the next few decades, but only truly returned to the pop arena in 2005 with the new song “Indian Ocean”, as well as a number of notable benefit performances. In November 2006, he released his first pop album in 28 years, entitled R...
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Wild World
Father And Son
Morning Has Broken
Peace Train
Moonshadow
The Wind
Hard Headed Woman
The First Cut Is The Deepest
Here Comes My Baby
Oh Very Young
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Teaser And The Firecat
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