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

"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 ...

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 ...

Love Cat Stevens? Then you'll also love Tim Hardin, one of the most talented yet underrated singer-songwriters of the 1960s and '70s.

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'I'm an unrepentant child of the Sixties': Cat Stevens, who goes by the name of Yusuf Islam, circa 1970 - Jim McCrary/Redferns For ...

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 ...

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 ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — British singer songwriter Yusuf Islam, better known as Cat Stevens, paid a visit to ...

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 ...