Back in 1968, Cat Stevens was admitted to hospital with tuberculosis, and it was the sounds of The Band and their 1969 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here's how Cat Stevens used to get high before a show: "You need to loosen up before going on stage. So to have a drink beforehand ...

"I wrote these lyrics more than 50 years ago, and I know the words still boom as true and loud today as they did in the 1970s," the singer-songwriter told PEOPLE Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the ...

There's a Cat Stevens song you may not have heard, but it's about as good as a song can get, and it's called "How Can I Tell You." Stevens could barely put a foot wrong in the early 1970s. Having ...

People often think of The Great American Songbook as the source for the songs known as standards. But that doesn’t quite cover the story. Pop music has produced its share of standards as well, songs ...

Cat Stevens had already released one album in 1970, Mona Bone Jakon back in April, when Tea for the Tillerman arrived on Nov. 23, 1970. And almost immediately, things changed for the 22-year-old ...

Two separate near-death experiences have had a monumental impact on Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam's life, both spiritually and creatively.

From the opening strum of "The Wind" to the closing notes of the classic "Peace Train," Steven's fifth album, Teaser and the Firecat, remains one of his strongest works. The LP spawned three worldwide ...

Cat Stevens released a cover of The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” in 2023. Stevens saw a parallel between himself and “Here Comes the Sun” writer George Harrison. Stevens admired George as a musician ...

Yusuf/Cat Stevens is sharing their journey with the world. In line with the release of the "Cat on the Road to Findout" book, a tour is planned for 2025 across the world. Cat Stevens has sold over 100 ...

You know a song is something special when it can become a hit several times over in wildly disparate styles. “Wild World”, the touching song by Cat Stevens that he first released in 1970, enjoyed that ...