This beloved Cat Stevens ballad was never released as a single, but an unexpected cover gave it new life a quarter of a ...
It was never a hit for Cat Stevens himself, but five other artists took his 1965 ballad to the top tier of the charts in ...
"You have to admit, I've been misunderstood," said singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam. "Even when I wrote 'Foreigner,' I started with the words, There are no words I can use because the meaning still ...
Decades ago, the potent folk songs of Cat Stevens inspired All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen to pick up acoustic guitar. Now known as Yusuf/Cat Stevens, the singer visits the All Songs studio for ...
When people think of classic rock songs, they think of hard riffs, good times, and machismo. However, Cat Stevens gave us a classic rock song that is too sad for words. The track has stood the test of ...
Cat Stevens nearly quit music in the early 1970s thanks to a soul mas. The folk singer, now known as Yusuf Islam, has sold ...
He didn’t start out wanting to become a singer-songwriter. As a boy and teen, he was more interested in becoming a visual artist, or “serious” composer of classical and musical scores. But he was also ...
A handful of classic rock songs have religious overtones. For example, one of Cat Stevens’ songs is a rewrite of a Christian hymn. That’s very interesting, considering that Stevens is now one of the ...