Happy Birthday, Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens
I’m very pleased to wish Mr. Yusuf Islam (better known to music fans worldwide as Cat Stevens) a very happy 63rd birthday. One of the most beloved singer/songwriters of the 1970s, Stevens’s music could always be counted on for its lush melodies and uplifting messages, usually set to the gentle strum of his acoustic guitar.
Born Steven Georgiou in London on July 21, 1948, Yusuf changed his name to Cat Stevens and signed with Decca Records in 1966, releasing his debut Top 40 hit single “I Love My Dog”. His song “Here Comes My Baby” was a giant hit for The Tremeloes, as was “The First Cut Is The Deepest” for P.P. Arnold in 1967. (The song would famously be covered by both Rod Stewart and Sheryl Crow in later years.) After a year-long battle with tuberculosis, Stevens began writing more introspective, personal songs; his stylistically divergent third album Mona Bone Jakon (1971)—Stevens became a renowned pop sensation in England and America alike. Over the next few years, though, success would gradually begin to take its toll on his personal life, and by 1977, Stevens officially converted to Islam, adopting the name Yusuf Islam and retiring from pop music.
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I'm very pleased to wish Mr. Yusuf Islam (better known to music fans worldwide as Cat Stevens) a very happy 63rd birthday. One of the most beloved singer/songwriters of the 1970s, Stevens's music could always be counted on for its lush melodies and
It is the only song to go to the top of the charts on two separate occasions. 1970, The 10th National Jazz, Blues and Pop four day Festival was held at Plumpton Racecourse in Sussex, England. Featuring, Family, Groundhogs, Cat Stevens, Deep Purple,
Rushmore was the last movie to really use a pop song to full effect with both Cat Stevens and The Who And written by an Englishman. Heck, it wasn't even Barry's only western. Now a film composer can spend his whole life not writing a western score
The score, which is reminiscent of Cat Stevens's work on Hal Ashby's subversive Harold and Maude, is an increasingly rare occurrence, as there so very few decent movie soundtracks produced anymore. There's a dearth of great film composers to compare to
Nothing ever professional but they were really passionate about it and loved playing music. We were always listening to music around the house like Paul Simon and Cat Stevens. My sister is four years older than me, so she was a big influence, too.
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Your assignment today for the 9:30 Coffee Break is a simple one (which is how we like to roll on a Monday). We want to play one song each for each day of the week . So: one "Monday" song, one "Tuesday" song, and so forth. We'll either do only weekdays or throw in a Saturday song if we have time (Sunday, however, is the day of rest, so we'll skip that one).
Just learned that Cat Stevens gets 75% of the royalties from the Flaming Lips' song "Fight Test" because the songs are so similar.
If you didn't already, listen to our Top 10 Yusuf/Cat Stevens Songs ;)
If you didn't already, listen to our Top 10 Yusuf/Cat Stevens songs... 
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