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    Cat Stevens:

    Cat Stevens entdeckt den Blues für sich

    Nein, das Zurückkommen bezieht sich auf die musikalischen Wurzeln des am Juli in London als Steven Demetri Georgiou geborenen Songwriters. Das von Rick Rubin koproduzierte "Tell ‘Em I’m Gone" ist nicht das sensibel-melancholische, der Introspektive verschriebene Folkalbum geworden, das viele Fans erwartet hatten. Sondern eine erstaunlich bissige und angriffslustige Huldigung des Blues.

    "Ich habe diesen Stil als junger Mann bewundert. Der Blues hat uns alle entfesselt!", so der Jährige, der bis heute knapp Millionen Tonträger weltweit verkauft hat. Diese wiederentdeckte Begeisterung für die Liebe, Sehnsucht, Schmerz und Leid verhandelnden Zwölftakt-Stücke aus dem Mississippi-Delta durchdringt das minütige-Album in jeder einzelnen Sekunde.

    Grandioser Auftakt

    Bereits die Auftaktnummer "I Was Raised In Babylon" legt die künstlerische Stoßrichtung fest: eine bluesig-düstere Akustikgitarre, dazu Stevens immer noch fess

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    Yusuf/Cat Stevens facts: Songs, name change, conversion to Islam, family and career explained

    22 March ,

    Gold Meets Yusuf/Cat Stevens

    How one of the great songwriters of the s and '70s suddenly retired before making a triumphant comeback.

    Cat Stevens, or Yusuf – or Yusuf/Cat Stevens as he's sometimes known – is one of the all-time great singers and songwriters.

    He burst on to the scene in the late s and many would have forecast decades and decades of success.

    After continuing his run of hit singles and albums into the s, Cat suddenly retired and that – it seemed – was that.

    In recent years he's not only returned to music, but also to the Cat Stevens stage name.

    To celebrate his ongoing triumphant comeback – including a Glastonbury Festival spot – we're taking a look back at the life and times of one of pop's most fascinating figures.

    What was Yusuf/Cat Stevens's birth name and where was he born?

    Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Father And Son

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    Cat Stevens

    British musician (born )

    Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens

    Stevens performing at Glastonbury Festival

    Birth nameSteven Demetre Georgiou
    Also known as
    • Steve Adams
    • Cat Stevens
    • Yusuf
    Born () 21 July (age&#;76)
    London, England
    Genres
    Occupations
    • Singer-songwriter
    • musician
    Instruments
    Years active
    • – (as Cat Stevens)
    • – (as Yusuf Islam or Yusuf)
    • –present (as Yusuf / Cat Stevens)
    Labels
    SpouseFauzia Mubarak Ali
    Website

    Musical artist

    Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July ),[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 million records and has more than two billion streams.[2] His musical style consists of folk, rock, pop, and, later in his career, Islamic music. Following two decades in which he performed only music which met strict religious standards, he retu

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