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CAT STEVENS Tutku Rüya Özmen
CAT STEVENS
Tutku Rüya Özmen
CAT STEVENS Tutku Rüya Özmen
Man of many partsSinger- song writerPopstarFolk singerMuslim ActivistHighly succesful Music career
Over 25 million albums sold
1979 left music and become Yusuf İslam
CAT STEVENS Tutku Rüya Özmen
Stephen Dimitri GeorgiouBorn in London 1947Swedish Mother & Greek
FatherEducated in Sweden1960 return to London
Hammersmith College Art School
• Writing his own music
CAT STEVENS Tutku Rüya Özmen
Begining of his music life
Began performing guitar-based folk-pop under the name CAT STEVENSBecome a regular in local pubs
and coffeehousesAttract the attention of record
producer MIKE HURSTIn 1967 record a demo with
Hurst
CAT STEVENS
MATTHEW And SONMATTHEW And SON
debut album at 19 years old Become hit in the U.K.3 songs in Top 10
Matthew and SonI Love My DogI’m Gonna Get Me A Gun
CAT STEVENS Tutku Rüya Özmen
Tour of Britain with Jimi Hendrix and Engelbert Humperdink2 songs sang by other artists become hit
“Here Comes My Baby” Tremeloes“The First Cut Is The Deepest” P.P.Arnold, Rod Stewart
1969 diagnosed with tuberculosisChanged Stevens, record new material
Jimi Hendrix
Engelbert Humperdink
CAT STEVENS Tutku Rüya Özmen
On The Way of Music Career1970, Mona Bona Jackon, Tea for the Mona Bona Jackon, Tea for the Tillerman, Wild World, Father and SonTillerman, Wild World, Father and SonAfter “Tea for the Tillerman”“Tea for the Tillerman” Stevens
Extravagant performeance with tiggers and magicians, dancers and back-up singers
1971, Teaser and theFirecat,Teaser and theFirecat, and (anti-war hit) Peace Train. Peace Train. 1972, Catch a Bull at Four Catch a Bull at Four 1973, The Foreigner The Foreigner
CAT STEVENS Tutku Rüya Özmen
1973, Steven start studying Islam1974, Buddah and the Chocolate BoxBuddah and the Chocolate BoxInterest in İslam slowly eclipsing his songwriting1975, NumbersNumbers Top 10 at Britain1977, visit to Jerusalem, IzitsoIzitso (a commercial album)1978, last album, Back To EarthBack To Earth
CAT STEVENS Tutku Rüya Özmen
İslamDecember 1977, formally converted to İslam taking the name Yusuf İslam
1980, settled in London with his wife and five children.
1979, married and retired from pop music
CAT STEVENS Tutku Rüya Özmen
Last events in Music life1984, A&M released “Greatest Hits” Footsteps in the Dark, Footsteps in the Dark, including unreleased songs from 1971 cult movie Harold and Harold and MaudeMaude..
CAT STEVENS Tutku Rüya Özmen
Big Announcement, Bigger Protest
1989, announcement that he support death sentence of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
American radio Station stop playing Cat StevensWNEW in NY gave away free copies of The Satanic Verses to listeners who turned in their Cat Stevens records
CAT STEVENS Tutku Rüya Özmen
The Life of the Last ProphetThe Life of the Last Prophet
1995, The Life of the Last ProphetThe Life of the Last Prophet1st record after retirement the biography of MohammedIgnored in the West, Reached no1 in TurkeyHit for Muslim world
CAT STEVENS Tutku Rüya Özmen
at the end of the story1997, He announced that he is working on an album of Bosnian songs and poems, including a new song about muslim children killed in the Balkan Wars
CAT STEVENS Tutku Rüya Özmen
References Official Web Site
www.rollingstone.com www.islamazon.com http://rlg.peircecentral.com/ Cat.html Launch Yahoo http://launchyahoo.com/artist