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| Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens |
Cat Stevens in Boeblingen, Germany 1976
|
| Background information |
| Birth name |
Steven Demetre Georgiou |
| Also known as |
Steve Adams, Yusuf |
| Born |
21 July 1948 (1948-07-21) (age 61)
London, England |
| Genres |
Folk rock
Soft rock[1]
Pop rock[2] Nasheed
Spoken Word
Hamd |
| Occupations |
Singer-songwriter, Musician, Philanthropist |
| Instruments |
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Mellotron, Percussion |
| Years active |
1966–1980 (as Cat Stevens)
1995–2006 (as Yusuf Islam)
2006–present (as Yusuf) |
| Labels |
Deram (1966-1969)
Island (1970-1980)
A&M (1970-1980)
Polydor, Jamal Records, Atlantic/Ya Records |
| Associated acts |
Alun Davies |
| Website |
www.yusufislam.org.uk |
| Notable instruments |
[citation needed]
Epiphone Casino
Epiphone EJ-200
Fender Rhodes
Fender Telecaster
Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop
Gibson ES-335
Gibson J-200
Hagstorm BJ12
Ovation Guitar |
.^ Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948 in London) performed as Cat Stevens from 1966 to 1978.
^ Yusuf Islam, Formerly Cat Stevens, the British musician & one of the world's most famous reverts to Islam .
^ Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou , 21 July 1948), [1] best known by his former stage name Cat Stevens , is a British musician of Greek Cypriot and Swedish ancestry.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Our guest is Yusuf Islam, the singer-songwriter convert to Muslim.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist and prominent convert to Islam.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The sultan (portrait below) provided an excellent education for Bobowski, with the result was that the Pole converted to Islam and took the name Ali Ufki.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
[4]
.^ Catch Bull At Four lyrics [1972] .
^ It's from one of my early albums.- Yusuf (The Artist Known As Cat Stevens) Live at KCRW on Morning Becomes Eclectic 07.03.09 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.kcrw.com [Source type: General]
^ He also toured and worked on his sixth album, Catch Bull at Four.- Amazon.com: Cat Stevens: MP3 Downloads 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
.^ The first singles were hits.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ October 2006, awarded Songwriter of the Year for the second year running, for the same song "The First Cut Is the Deepest".- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ He has also earned two ASCAP songwriting awards in consecutive years, for "The First Cut Is the Deepest", which has been a hit single for four different artists.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
- Yusuf Islam - The Gibson Lounge - Gibson Forums 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC forums.gibson.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Our guest is Yusuf Islam, the singer-songwriter convert to Muslim.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ On December 23, 1977, Stevens formally became a Muslim and adopted the name Yusuf Islam .- Cat Stevens - Download Cat Stevens Music on iTunes 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC itunes.apple.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Cat Stevens - Download Cat Stevens Music on iTunes 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC itunes.apple.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The singer embraced Islam in 1977 at the height of his fame.- Yusuf Islam's new CD RoadSinger! 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC jannah.org [Source type: General]
.^ Muslim faith and musical career .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ In 1979 he auctioned all his guitars away for charity [3] and left his music career to devote himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ In 1979 he auctioned all his guitars away for charity and left his music career to devote himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community.- Yusuf Islam - The Gibson Lounge - Gibson Forums 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC forums.gibson.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ He has been given several awards for his work in promoting peace in the world, including 2003's World Award, the 2004 Man for Peace Award and the 2007 Mediterranean Prize for Peace.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
- Yusuf Islam - The Gibson Lounge - Gibson Forums 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC forums.gibson.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He received the award "as a result of the work he has done to increase peace in the world".- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf successfully sued for libel and received a substantial out-of-court financial settlement and apologies from the newspapers stating that he had never supported terrorism and acknowledging that he had recently been given a Man of Peace award from the private Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Committee.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ In 2006, he returned to pop music, with his first album of new pop songs in 28 years, entitled An Other Cup.- Yusuf Islam - The Gibson Lounge - Gibson Forums 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC forums.gibson.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In 2006, he returned to pop music, with his first album of new pop songs in 28 years, entitled An Other Cup .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The former Cat Stevens picks up where he left off On March 1 of this year, Moslem philanthropist Yusuf Islam returned to the live stage at London's Porchester Hall - playing his first concert in 28 years.- Yusuf Islam - Yusuf's Cafe Session - Live At The Porchester Hall 2007 DVD: Amazon.co.uk: Yusuf Islam: DVD 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.amazon.co.uk [Source type: General]
.^ He now goes by the single name Yusuf .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Singer Cat Stevens, who now goes by the Muslim name Yusuf Islam, is to stage a concert in Sarajevo, Bosnia, next weekend to promote peace and tolerance, the weekly Ljiljan newspaper reported yesterday.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[7] His newest album,
Roadsinger, was released on 5 May 2009.
Early life (1948–1965)
.^ Steven Georgiou was the third child of a Greek-Cypriot father, Stavros Georgiou (b.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Georgiou was born in London, England, the third child of a Greek Cypriot father and a Swedish mother.
^ The youngest of three children, Steven Demetre Georgiou was born in 1948 to Greek Cypriot and Swedish parents.- Yusuf Islam's new CD RoadSinger! 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC jannah.org [Source type: General]
.^ Swedish mother, Ingrid Wickman (b.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
1915).
[9] .^ He has an older sister, Anita, and brother, David.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ His sister Anita's record collection includes Sinatra and Gershwin, while brother David is partial to the Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly.
[3] .^ The family lived above Moulin Rouge, the restaurant that his parents operated on Shaftesbury Avenue, a few steps from Piccadilly Circus in the Soho theatre district of London.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The family lived above the restaurant that his parents operated on Shaftesbury Avenue in the West End.
^ The family ran the Moulin Rouge Cafe in the heart of London’s West End and lived in a flat upstairs.- Yusuf Islam's new CD RoadSinger! 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC jannah.org [Source type: General]
.^ All family members worked in the restaurant.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ And come back to me with all your family members."
[3] .^ His parents divorced when he was about 8 years old, but they continued to maintain the family restaurant and live above it.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ When Georgiou was approximately eight years of age his parents divorced, although they both continued to live above the restaurant.
^ The family lived above Moulin Rouge, the restaurant that his parents operated on Shaftesbury Avenue, a few steps from Piccadilly Circus in the Soho theatre district of London.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
Although his father was
Greek Orthodox and his mother a
Swedish Lutheran Protestant, Georgiou was sent to a
Catholic school, St. Joseph Roman Catholic Primary School in Macklin Street, which was closer to his father's business on
Drury Lane.
[10] .^ Georgiou developed an interest in piano at a fairly young age, eventually using the family baby grand piano to work out the chords, since no one else there played well enough to teach him.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ And the chords are useful as well to try and play along to it.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
^ AKA there is no Margin to play with.- HTOC Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.htoc.net [Source type: General]
.^ At age 15, Steve convinces his father to buy him a guitar.
^ With the popularity of The Beatles , at age 15, he extended his interest to the guitar, [2] and convinced his father to pay 8 for his first instrument, and began playing it and writing songs.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ He composes lilting melodies, he writes poetic lyrics, he sings beautifully, and plays the piano and guitar with artistry.- Cat Stevens - Deserving of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? - Reviews on RateItAll 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.rateitall.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[11] .^ He would escape at times from his family responsibilities to the rooftop above their home, and listen to the tunes of the musicals drifting from just around the corner; [1] from Denmark Street, which was then the centre of the British music industry.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Posterity is just around the corner .- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ And again re–stating that conviction that I would not lose control this time around.- CAT STEVENS BOX SET Song–By–Song 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.billdeyoung.com [Source type: General]
[5] .^ Later, Stevens mentioned several times that the advent of West Side Story in particular affected him, giving him a "different view of life", he said in 2000, on a VH1 Behind the Music programme.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ While vacationing in Marrakech, Morocco, Stevens was intrigued by the sound of the Ahn, the Islamic ritual call to prayer, which was explained to him as "music for God."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ American cable network VH1 profiles Cat Stevens on "Behind the Music," lifting the veil of mystery from Yusuf and allowing him to speak directly to his fans about his disappearance from the world of popular music, and to address the many misconceptions and rumors that had grown up over the years.
[12] .^ With interests in both art and music, he and his mother travelled to Gvle, Sweden, where he started developing his drawing skills after being influenced by his uncle Hugo Wickman, a painter.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ I like the Vatta's War stuff more than the Esmay books, but I started with the Esmay books several books in, and I think a lot of the interesting character development had already happened.- Making Light: Open Thread 99 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC nielsenhayden.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[13].^ He attended other local West End schools, where he says he was constantly in trouble, and did poorly in everything but art.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Yoriyos created the art on Yusuf's album An Other Cup , something that Cat Stevens did for his albums in the 1970s.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Another way of saying it is that right now humanity is like the smartest kid in the local high school.- Making Light: Open Thread 99 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC nielsenhayden.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ He went on to take a one-year course of study at Hammersmith School of Art, [12] as he considered a career as a cartoonist.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ KyleDavid13 - Kyle David Official Twitter page of 15 year old high school basketball player, Kyle David.- Follow Top 500 Follow All Back on Twitter 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC tweepml.org [Source type: General]
^ Take one down, put it back up, 99 bottles of beer on the wall .- Making Light: Open Thread 99 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC nielsenhayden.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Though he enjoyed art (his later record albums would feature his original artwork on his album covers), [11] he wanted to establish a musical career and began to perform originally under the stage name "Steve Adams" in 1965 while at Hammersmith.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Has he put out albums under that name?- Cat Stevens? - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Message Board 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.coachella.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He became interested in folk music and rock & roll in his teens while attending Hammersmith College and in 1965 began performing under the name Steve Adams.- Cat Stevens - Download Cat Stevens Music on iTunes 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC itunes.apple.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Cat Stevens - Download Cat Stevens Music on iTunes 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC itunes.apple.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[15][16] .^ At that point, his goal was to become a songwriter.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Among the musicians who influenced him were Bob Dylan , Nina Simone , blues artists Leadbelly and Muddy Waters , [14] John Lennon , Biff Rose (who played on his first album), Leo Kottke, [11] and Paul Simon .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Still, "classic rock" radio stations discontinued playing him as a result, and 10,000 Maniacs , who had covered "Peace Train" on their In My Tribe album in 1987, had it removed from the record.- Cat Stevens - Download Cat Stevens Music on iTunes 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC itunes.apple.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Cat Stevens - Download Cat Stevens Music on iTunes 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC itunes.apple.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Producer Paul Samwell-Smith paired guitarist Alun Davies, who was currently working as a session musician, with Stevens.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[18] .^ He intends to be a songwriter, and his ultimate goal is to compose musicals like his heroes Gershwin and Bernstein.
^ He also wanted to emulate composers who wrote musicals, like Ira Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Soon all of England is in the sway of Leonard Bernstein's passionate, pulsating music, including young Steve Georgiou, who can't get it out of his head.
In 1965 he signed a
publishing deal with Ardmore & Beechwood and cut several
demos, including "
The First Cut Is the Deepest".
[19]
Musical career (1966–1970)
Early musical career
.^ Georgiou began to perform his songs in coffee houses and pubs.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ At first he tried forming a band, but soon realized he preferred performing solo.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The band announce that Obama has won the election, and then perform “I Believe” for the first time in something like five years.- Music Oasis - Part Quad ! Don't Forget To Contribute ! It Won't Kill Ya ! ;) | SamSederShow.com 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.samsedershow.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The first half of the performance features scores written for the composer/performer band Ne(x)tworks.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
[11] Thinking that his given name might not be memorable to prospective fans, he chose a
stage name Cat Stevens, in part because a girlfriend said he had eyes like a cat, but mainly because he said, "I couldn't imagine anyone going to the record store and asking for 'that Steven Demetre Georgiou album'. And in England, and I was sure in America, they loved animals."
[20] In 1966, at age 18, he impressed manager/producer
Mike Hurst, formerly of British vocal group
The Springfields, with his songs and Hurst arranged for him to record a demo and then helped him get a record deal. The first singles were hits.
.^ "I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun" reached Britain's Top 10, and the album Matthew and Son itself began charting.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ MATTHEW & SON song list .- Lyrics - cat stevens All songs, words of songs FREE, At lyrics and songs - STEVENS CAT : Lyrics And Songs 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.lyricsandsongs.com [Source type: General]
^ "I Love My Dog" charted at #28, and "Matthew and Son", the title song from his debut album, went to #2.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Boyzone also had a hit with a cover version of the song.
^ The original version of the The Tremeloes cover hit, "Here Comes My Baby", was written and recorded by Stevens.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Sami Yusuf, “Assalamu alaykum peace be with you (album cover notes),” My Ummah, Awakening Records, 2005, CD. 6.- TBS 16 The Appeal of Sami Yusuf and the Search for Islamic Authenticity by Christian Pond 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.tbsjournal.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ Over the next two years, Stevens recorded and toured with artists ranging from Jimi Hendrix to Engelbert Humperdinck.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Two years later he turned his back on music entirely, and spent the next 28 years devoting himself to spiritual studies, raising his children, and philanthropic work.
^ Performing alongside artists like Jimi Hendrix, Stevens had a string of successful singles and scored a number two hit with his 1966 song Matthew and Son.- Yusuf Islam's new CD RoadSinger! 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC jannah.org [Source type: General]
.^ The music business hadn't yet begun targeting specific audiences, so he frequently toured with what now would be considered an unusual array of celebrities.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf considers what he is doing now to be a form of pop music.
^ Having turned his back on the music business, Yusuf now comes to understand that the business has also turned its back on him.
.^ Stevens was considered a fresh-faced teen star, placing several single releases in the British pop music charts.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ There are so many places I could point you to hear stuff from all over, both pioneers and fresh faces.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf considers what he is doing now to be a form of pop music.
.^ Pirate Cat Cafe (and radio station) .- Music Oasis - Part Quad ! Don't Forget To Contribute ! It Won't Kill Ya ! ;) | SamSederShow.com 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.samsedershow.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Some of that success was attributed to the pirate radio station Wonderful Radio London, which gained him fans by playing his records.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ On August 14, 1967, his voice joined with other recording artists on the airwaves of Wonderful Radio London bemoaning the loss of the pirate radio station which had helped create his first hit record.
.^ In August 1967, he went on the air with other recording artists who had benefited from the station to mourn its closure.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ On August 14, 1967, his voice joined with other recording artists on the airwaves of Wonderful Radio London bemoaning the loss of the pirate radio station which had helped create his first hit record.
^ But some in classical music have benefitted from this system, particularly the artists agents who have found a lucrative niche matching musical supply to demand.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
.^ His December 1967 album New Masters failed to chart in the United Kingdom.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ His sales also began to suffer, with his second album failing to chart.- Yusuf Islam's new CD RoadSinger! 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC jannah.org [Source type: General]
^ The album fails to chart, and then it's back fulltime to the singles game, which Steve is starting to actively detest.
.^ The album is now most notable for his song "The First Cut Is the Deepest", a song he sold for 30 to P.P. Arnold that was to become a massive hit for her, [19] and an international hit for Keith Hampshire, Rod Stewart , James Morrison , and Sheryl Crow .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Morning has broken like the first mor-or-or-ning Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird Praise for the singing , praise for the mor-or-or-or-ning Praise for them springing fresh from the world The first cut is the deepest Baby I know The first cut is the deepest.....- Yusuf Islam [Archive] - AppleInsider 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC forums.appleinsider.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Mona Bone Jakon was the precursor for Stevens' international breakthrough album, Tea for the Tillerman , which became a top-10 Billboard hit.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
Forty years after he recorded the first demo of the song, it earned him two back-to-back
ASCAP "Songwriter of the Year" awards, in 2005 and 2006.
[23][24]
Tuberculosis
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.^ It was important for me to duck out of the fast and furious life I'd been living as a pop star.
^ After a year of financial success and high living, I became very ill, contracted TB and had to be hospitalized.
^ Pop stars such as Sheryl Crow and Mandy Moore have covered Cat Stevens' songs.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[14][25] .^ Near death [22] at the time of his admittance to the King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, he spent months recuperating in hospital and a year of convalescence.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ A nagging cough, ignored as probably the result of too much drinking, smoking and fast living, is diagnosed as tuberculosis, resulting in an emergency three–month stay at King Edward VII Hospital, a National Health facility in the country, and the better part of nine more at home in bed.
^ There wasn’t much meaningful conversation.” At 19 he was diagnosed with TB, confronting death in the King Edward VII hospital in Midhurst, West Sussex.
.^ During this time Stevens began to question aspects of his life, and spirituality.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The combination of Stevens' new folk-rock style and accessible lyrics which spoke of everyday situations and problems, mixed with the beginning of spiritual questions about life, would remain in his music from then on.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ I am sure Cat Stevens is very grateful that someone was prepared to give him some air time, be nice to him and not ask him any awkward questions.- Isaak impressed by fun Yusuf Islam - Chris Isaak Boards 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC board.chrisisaak.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ You’ll just have to show up to find out!- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ Worth checking out if you can find it.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
^ This weekend in NY, you can find plenty of shows to keep you busy.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
.^ I got down to thinking about myself.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ He begins to slow down, to think about what he really wants and to read up on Buddhism and starts to medidate.
.^ It seemed almost as if I had my eyes shut."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ My piece, which I think of as conservative and accessible, seemed almost radically dissonant.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
[21]
.^ I started meditating and even became a vegetarian.
^ He took up meditation, yoga, metaphysics [23] , read about other religions, and became a vegetarian.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ He begins to slow down, to think about what he really wants and to read up on Buddhism and starts to medidate.
[20] .^ This awakening occurred as a result of many things.- TBS 16 The Appeal of Sami Yusuf and the Search for Islamic Authenticity by Christian Pond 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.tbsjournal.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He was much more than that, of course.
^ "Some of the songs have more meaning now than when I wrote them."- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Many of those songs would appear on his albums in years to come.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ I made millions of dollars in those years, but could not find the peace of mind that can only come through knowing the truth and finding the real plan of salvation.- Back to Islam » Sheikh Yusuf Estes 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.backtoislam.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The song appears on Radiohead’s highly acclaimed third album, OK Computer (1997).- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
[6]
Changes in musical sound after illness
.^ The lack of success of Stevens' second album mirrored a difference of personal tastes in musical direction, and a growing resentment at producer Mike Hurst's attempts to re-create another album like that of his debut, with heavy-handed orchestration, and over-production, [15] rather than the folk sound Stevens was attempting to produce.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ My Ummah My Ummah is a departure of sorts from the simple melodies and heavy reliance on the anasheed-style music popular with Sufi traditions on his debut, Al-Muallim.
^ While vacationing in Marrakech, Morocco, Stevens was intrigued by the sound of the Ahn, the Islamic ritual call to prayer, which was explained to him as "music for God."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ He admits having purposefully sabotaged his own contract with Hurst, making outlandishly expensive orchestral demands and threatening legal action, which resulted in his goal: release from his contract with Deram Records, a sub-label of major Decca Records.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Having his own record label has been on his mind for many years.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ After Stevens left Decca Records they bundled his first two albums together on their label as a set, hoping to ride the commercial tide of his early success; later his newer labels did the same, and he himself released compilations.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[21] .^ Mujahid doesn't want Sound Vision to release the new songs.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Erstwhile Records has a pair of new releases: .- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ Maybe that would be a way of getting some new songs recorded/released?- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
.^ After hiring agent Barry Krost, who had arranged for an audition with Chris Blackwell of Island Records , Blackwell offered him a "chance to record [his songs] whenever and with whomever he liked, and more importantly to Cat, however he liked."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ By year's end he will be signed with Chris Blackwell's Island Records and working feverishly at Olympic Studios with former Yardbirds bassist Paul Samwell–Smith at the console.
^ With Krost's recommendation, Stevens signed with Paul Samwell-Smith , previously the bassist of the Yardbirds, to be his new producer.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
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Musical career (1970–1978)
Height of popularity
.^ Healthy, sporting a new beard, Stevens was armed with a catalogue of new songs that reflected his new perspective on what he wanted to bring to the world with his music.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Cat Stevens sold out concert halls throughout the world during the 70s before leaving the music business and converting to Islam.- Cat Stevens - Deserving of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? - Reviews on RateItAll 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.rateitall.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I want to tell you that music is not haram in Islam it depends on words of your music .Yusuf Islam sings Islamic songs .You have to study more about music in Islam.- Yusuf Islam in his latest TV interview with the ex-BBC Director Alan Yentob. - www.TurnToIslam.com 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.turntoislam.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ His previous work had sold in the United Kingdom, but Stevens was still relatively unknown by the public across the Atlantic.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ In 1973, Stevens moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to avoid taxation from the United Kingdom.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ All Kinds of Roses Grow The warmth that has always been a hallmark of Cat Stevens/Yusuf still permeates his work, and "Roadsinger" is no exception.- Amazon.com: Roadsinger (To Warm You Through The Night): Yusuf Islam: Music 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
.^ To rectify this, after signing with Island Records in 1970, an American distribution deal was arranged with A&M Records' Jerry Moss in North America.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Stevens had gone swimming at the house of Jerry Moss, his American record boss, at Malibu Beach, and after a half-hour could barely stay afloat in the perilous currents of the Pacific Ocean.- Yusuf "Cat Stevens" Islam - Gibson Acoustics - Gibson Forums 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC forums.gibson.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ There was no southward expansion of birds with a northern distribution, indicating that there is no evidence of overall range expansion of insectivorous and granivorous birds in North America.- Bird Biogeography II 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC people.eku.edu [Source type: Academic]
.^ MONA BONE JAKON song list .- Lyrics - cat stevens All songs, words of songs FREE, At lyrics and songs - STEVENS CAT : Lyrics And Songs 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.lyricsandsongs.com [Source type: General]
^ Lyrics of the songs from the album Mona Bone Jakon By cat stevens .- Lyrics - cat stevens All songs, words of songs FREE, At lyrics and songs - STEVENS CAT : Lyrics And Songs 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.lyricsandsongs.com [Source type: General]
^ Stevens began work on Mona Bone Jakon , a folk-rock based album that was quite different from his earlier "pop" style records, drawing on his new, introspective work.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Producer Paul Samwell-Smith paired guitarist Alun Davies, who was currently working as a session musician, with Stevens.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Paul Samwell–Smith: The guitars are Alun Davies and a guy called Andy Roberts.- CAT STEVENS BOX SET Song–By–Song 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.billdeyoung.com [Source type: General]
^ Released at the same time is "Daydo," a solo album by Alun Davies, co–produced by Cat Stevens and Paul Samwell–Smith.
.^ Alun was the more experienced veteran of two albums which already had begun to explore the emerging genres of skiffle and folk rock music.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Dawud Wharnsby Folk, jazz, rock, world-beat, classical, country: musical genres that have been defined and consistently evolving for decades.- :.:.: |Online Islamic Products On ::: simplyislam.com| :: 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.simplyislam.com [Source type: General]
^ True, most of his body of work is more along the lines of folk music, but so was Bob Dylan's...and you don't hear anyone complaining about HIS music "not being rock".- Cat Stevens - Deserving of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? - Reviews on RateItAll 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.rateitall.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Davies was also thought a perfect fit in particular for his "fingerwork" on the guitar, harmonizing and contributing backing vocals with Stevens.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Cat Stevens 24.70 Back cover Back cover Play Acoustic Guitar With...- Cat Stevens [Yusuf Islam] sheet music books store (buy online). 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.free-scores.com [Source type: General]
^ Accompanying him, as he had in the Cat Stevens days, was Alun Davies, on guitar and vocals.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ They just tease us like that.- 2001/2002 Bardic Contest 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.geocities.com [Source type: General]
- 2001/2002 Bardic Contest 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.geocities.com [Source type: General]
^ I just sounded like Cat Stephens!- HTOC Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.htoc.net [Source type: General]
^ They originally met just to record Mona Bone Jakon , [25] but developed a fast friendship; Davies, like Stevens, was a perfectionist, appearing after all the sound checks had been completed, just to be sure that all the equipment and sound were prepared for each concert.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[30] .^ He recorded on all but two of the succeeding pop music albums Stevens released, and continued performing and recording with him until Stevens' retirement.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ While vacationing in Marrakech, Morocco, Stevens was intrigued by the sound of the Ahn, the Islamic ritual call to prayer, which was explained to him as "music for God."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ After Stevens left Decca Records they bundled his first two albums together on their label as a set, hoping to ride the commercial tide of his early success; later his newer labels did the same, and he himself released compilations.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ The two remained friends, however, and years later, when Stevens re-emerged as Yusuf Islam after 27 years, Davies appeared again performing at his side, and has remained there.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ He later appeared as the final act in the German leg of Live Earth in Hamburg performing some classic Cat Stevens songs and more recent compositions reflecting his concern for peace and child welfare.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ I've always loved Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), and just because he converted to another religion ain't gonna make me hate him.- Cat Stevens? - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Message Board 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.coachella.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ Cats first Island album issued - Mona Bone Jakon, shortly followed by the single Lady DArbanville .- Majicat - Cat Stevens - Year To Year Time Line 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.majicat.com [Source type: General]
^ The first single released from Mona Bone Jakon was "Lady D'Arbanville", which Stevens wrote about his young American girlfriend Patti D'Arbanville.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ A lot of lyrics would be the antithesis of Islamic virtue and morality.” Rather awkwardly now, many of his songs were about women he had loved in his young life: Wild World and Lady D’Arbanville were both — the first “in part”, he stresses, but the second undeniably — about his American girlfriend Patti D’Arbanville, which has proved tricky.
.^ The record, with a madrigal sound unlike most music played on pop radio, with sounds of djembes and bass in addition to Stevens' and Davies' guitars, soared to #8 in the UK. It was the first of his hits to get real airplay in the United States.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ While vacationing in Marrakech, Morocco, Stevens was intrigued by the sound of the Ahn, the Islamic ritual call to prayer, which was explained to him as "music for God."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ They originally met just to record Mona Bone Jakon , [25] but developed a fast friendship; Davies, like Stevens, was a perfectionist, appearing after all the sound checks had been completed, just to be sure that all the equipment and sound were prepared for each concert.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[21] .^ You're probably right that a prog.- HTOC Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.htoc.net [Source type: General]
^ In addition, the song, "Pop Star", about his experience as a teen star, and "Katmandu", featuring Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel playing flute, were featured.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ I guess you’re right.- Pickled Politics » Yusuf Islam and his return to music 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.pickledpolitics.com [Source type: General]
.^ Mona Bone Jakon was an early example of the solo singer-songwriter album format that was becoming popular for other artists as well.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ But Stevens was my favorite singer-songwriter in high school, and loving his work, admiring his versatility (doing the artwork for his own album-covers), and knowing that he'd had a difficult life, I always wished him well.- Gary Leupp: The Expulsion of Cat Stevens 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.counterpunch.org [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf compares the relationship between An Other Cup and Roadsinger to the relationship between the Cat Stevens albums Mona Bone Jakon and the landmark Tea for the Tillerman with the latter being superior in quality to the former.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
The album did not escape the notice of
Rolling Stone magazine, however, which compared it's popularity with that of
Elton John's
Tumbleweed Connection, as it was played "across the board, across radio formats".
[32]
.^ Mona Bone Jakon was the precursor for Stevens' international breakthrough album, Tea for the Tillerman , which became a top-10 Billboard hit.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ They originally met just to record Mona Bone Jakon , [25] but developed a fast friendship; Davies, like Stevens, was a perfectionist, appearing after all the sound checks had been completed, just to be sure that all the equipment and sound were prepared for each concert.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Starting in 2006, the Cat Stevens song "Tea for The Tillerman" was used as the theme tune for the Ricky Gervais BBC-HBO sitcom Extras .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Within 6 months of its release, it had sold over 500,000 copies, reaching gold record status in the United States and in Britain.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ His albums Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat were both certified as Triple Platinum by the RIAA in the United States; his album Catch Bull at Four sold half a million copies in the first two weeks of release alone, and was Billboard's number-one LP for three consecutive weeks.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
- Yusuf Islam - The Gibson Lounge - Gibson Forums 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC forums.gibson.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Teaser and the Firecat album reached number two and achieved gold record status within three weeks of its release in the United States.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ During this time Stevens began to question aspects of his life, and spirituality.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Passionate about life, music and writing.- Follow Top 500 Follow All Back on Twitter 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC tweepml.org [Source type: General]
^ The combination of Stevens' new folk-rock style and accessible lyrics which spoke of everyday situations and problems, mixed with the beginning of spiritual questions about life, would remain in his music from then on.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ The album features the top 20 single "Wild World"; a parting song after D'Arbanville moved on.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The celebrated rock star plans to arrive in Israel as part of a world tour, and give a single concert at Tel Aviv's Park Hayarkon on September 25.- Muslim leader threatens to kill Paul McCartney over Israel gig - Haaretz - Israel News 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.haaretz.com [Source type: General]
^ Both the video and the album were immensely popular throughout the Muslim world, where even in conservative Saudi Arabia album sales topped 100,000 copies.- TBS 16 The Appeal of Sami Yusuf and the Search for Islamic Authenticity by Christian Pond 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.tbsjournal.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Hard Headed Woman (live) .- CAT STEVENS BOX SET Song–By–Song 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.billdeyoung.com [Source type: General]
^ "Wild World" has been credited as the song that gave Tea for the Tillerman 'enough kick' to get it played on FM radio; and the head of Island Records, Chris Blackwell, was quoted as calling it "the best album weve ever released".- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Other album cuts include "Hard-Headed Woman", and "Father and Son", a song sung both in baritone and tenor, about the struggle between fathers and their sons who are faced with their own personal choices in life.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ In 2001, this album was certified by the RIAA as a Multi-Platinum record, having sold 3 million copies in the United States at that time.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The most successful of the compilation albums was the 1975 Greatest Hits which has sold over 4 million copies in the United States.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ This album was also certified by the RIAA as a Multi-Platinum record in 2001, with over three million US sales through that time.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[33] It is ranked at #206 in
Rolling Stone Magazine's 2003 list of the "
500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
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After the end of his relationship with D'Arbanville, Stevens noted the effect it had on writing his music, saying,
.^ "Everything I wrote while I was away was in a transitional period and reflects that.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
Like Patti.
.^ A year ago we split; I had been with her for two years.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ What I write about Patti and my family...- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ I’ve written about my approach to writing it, which I hope you will find interesting.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ To - I hadn't spoken to my daughter for about 33 hours, my family was watching all of this on television, frightened to death for me.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
when
.^ I sing the songs now, I learn strange things.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ We now know that Humpbacks sing songs during at least part of their migration in the North Atlantic and Pacific, but probably do not sing on their shallow-water summer feeding grounds.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ I know I learned some songs in Girl Scouts that I later heard via Wee Sing, but others came straight from the videos.- Making Light: Open Thread 99 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC nielsenhayden.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ I learn the meanings of my songs late..."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
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.^ Having established a signature sound, Stevens enjoyed a string of successes over the following years.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Stevens converted to Islam at the height of his fame in December, 1977, [2] and adopted his Muslim name, Yusuf Islam , the following year.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Within 6 months of its release, it had sold over 500,000 copies, reaching gold record status in the United States and in Britain.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Teaser and the Firecat album reached number two and achieved gold record status within three weeks of its release in the United States.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ After Stevens left Decca Records they bundled his first two albums together on their label as a set, hoping to ride the commercial tide of his early success; later his newer labels did the same, and he himself released compilations.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ In 2001, this album was certified by the RIAA as a Multi-Platinum record, having sold 3 million copies in the United States at that time.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ This album was also certified by the RIAA as a Multi-Platinum record in 2001, with over three million US sales through that time.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ It yielded several hits, including "Peace Train", "Morning Has Broken" (a Christian hymn with lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon), and "Moon Shadow".- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
When interviewed on a Boston radio station, Stevens said about
Teaser and the Firecat:
.^ "I get the tune and then I just keep on singing the tune until the words come out from the tune.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ As it turns out, just to the right of the Big Brother house and then through the doors of a vast, ugly building emblazoned with the words 'GEORGE LUCAS STAGE'.- Yusuf Islam: coming out of the Moonshadows - Telegraph 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ It's kind of a hypnotic state that you reach after a while when you keep on playing it where words just evolve from it.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ It's kind of a hypnotic state that you reach after a while when you keep on playing it where words just evolve from it.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ It's just the kind of moment that you want to find when you're writin' songs."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ There are so many words in such a short period, that it was a challenge just to follow the libretto in the surtitles, much less match the words to any sound you heard from the stage.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
.^ So you take those words and just let them go whichever way they want...- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ If you don't want it, I'll take it.- Making Light: Open Thread 99 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC nielsenhayden.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ And if your Lord had pleased, surely all those who are in the earth would have believed, all of them; will you then forcemen till they become believers?- itsIslam - Quran - Surah Yunus (jonah) 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.itsislam.net [Source type: Original source]
.^ Funny, that was in Spain, I went there alone, completely alone, to get away from a few things.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The funny thing is, the 13th floor of that hotel is the 13th floor, even with the excision, because there is a floor for office space, which cannot be reached from the elevator (it's between the convention spaces and the rooms).- Making Light: Open Thread 99 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC nielsenhayden.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Perfect example: I met a convert a few years ago who told me that listening to all music was completely out of the question, and that it was truly a devilish thing.- Pickled Politics » Yusuf Islam and his return to music 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.pickledpolitics.com [Source type: General]
.^ And I was dancin' on the rocks there...- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
right on the rocks where the waves were, like, blowin' and splashin'. Really, it was so fantastic.
.^ And the moon was bright, ya know, and I started dancin' and singin' and I sang that song and it stayed.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ I never sang that song as a child, you know, in one of the Catholic schools, which I went to.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ For 6 years, I kept humming the tune in my head, not knowing the title of the song nor who sang it.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
.^ It's just the kind of moment that you want to find when you're writin' songs."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ You just have to find the accent.- Making Light: Open Thread 99 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC nielsenhayden.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ You may want to pick a few sheets up and just place them around your room.- HTOC Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.htoc.net [Source type: General]
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.^ Stevens later was romantically linked to popular singer Carly Simon , with whom he shared producer Samwell-Smith.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Producer Paul Samwell-Smith paired guitarist Alun Davies, who was currently working as a session musician, with Stevens.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Paul Samwell–Smith: It was extraordinary to watch Cat Stevens and Rick Wakeman working together on the piano, working this part out between them.- CAT STEVENS BOX SET Song–By–Song 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.billdeyoung.com [Source type: General]
.^ They had a love affair from 1971 to 1972, during which time both wrote songs for and about one another.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf Islam: I had rented one of these wood and glass chalets in Rio, and I had a piano and 4–track recorder shipped in, and that's where I wrote most of the songs for Numbers.- CAT STEVENS BOX SET Song–By–Song 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.billdeyoung.com [Source type: General]
^ Rodriguez's music was instrumental and vitally important during my forming years and have gotten me through many times both good and bad.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
.^ All Time Top 50 .- I Look I See (CD) by Yusuf Islam :: simplyislam.com 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC simplyislam.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Think about your own people.- Islam’s rules for having SEX WITH ANIMALS « Bare Naked Islam's Weblog 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC barenakedislam.wordpress.com [Source type: General]
^ Simon wrote and recorded at least two top 50 songs, "Legend in Your Own Time" and "Anticipation" about Stevens.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
He reciprocated in his song to her, after their romance, entitled, "Sweet Scarlet".
[36][37][38]
.^ It will be recorded for the next album, at Morgan in London.
^ Within 6 months of its release, it had sold over 500,000 copies, reaching gold record status in the United States and in Britain.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Teaser and the Firecat album reached number two and achieved gold record status within three weeks of its release in the United States.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ This album continued the introspective and spiritual lyrics that he was known for, combined with a rougher-edged voice and a less acoustic sound than his previous records, utilizing synthesizers and other instruments.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Described as “the soundtrack to a film that wasn’t made about the life of Claude Debussy,” the album combines samples of Debussy’s vocal and instrumental music with the sounds of techno, drum and bass, electro, ambient music, free jazz, field recordings, and spoken narration, with contributions from the rapper Rakim, soprano Sally Bradshaw, and singer-songwriter Donna Lewis, among others.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ His initial recordings had not included any musical instruments other than percussion, and featured lyrics about Islamic themes.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
Although the sales of the album indicated Stevens' popularity, the album did not produce any real hits, with the exception of the single "Sitting", which charted at #16.
Catch Bull at Four was Platinum certified in 2001.
Exploration with movie soundtracks
.^ Yusuf Islam: I had rented one of these wood and glass chalets in Rio, and I had a piano and 4–track recorder shipped in, and that's where I wrote most of the songs for Numbers.- CAT STEVENS BOX SET Song–By–Song 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.billdeyoung.com [Source type: General]
^ R. M. Koske ::: (view all by) ::: January 15, 2008, 04:51 PM : When we were kids, one of us had a record album of novelty songs.- Making Light: Open Thread 99 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC nielsenhayden.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ A village girl had received an old tape recorder and a few dubbed cassettes as gifts, which one of them contained the song, and she was playing it.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
[39] .^ Harold and Maude , a black comedy starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort, became a popular cult movie celebrating the free spirit, and brought Stevens' music to a wider audience, continuing to do so long after he stopped recording in the late 1970s.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ In 1971, Stevens provided nine songs to the soundtrack of the film Harold and Maude .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The music business hadn't yet begun targeting specific audiences, so he frequently toured with what now would be considered an unusual array of celebrities.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ (Some of what follows might be construed as spoilers, so skip out now if you want to be surprised.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ A factory sealed album went off just a week or so ago for $US37.75 If you don't particularly want it on vinyl, the CD can be picked up quite readily.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
^ Don't think I want to piss them off thou.- HTOC Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.htoc.net [Source type: General]
2.
.^ After his religious conversion in the late 1970s, Stevens stopped granting permission for his songs to be used in films.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Cats song But I Might Die Tonight , especially written and variations of the song used in the film Deep End along with German band Can .- Majicat - Cat Stevens - Year To Year Time Line 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.majicat.com [Source type: General]
^ Starting in 2006, the Cat Stevens song "Tea for The Tillerman" was used as the theme tune for the Ricky Gervais BBC-HBO sitcom Extras .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Here Comes My Baby 16.- Cat Stevens ~ Songs List : OLDIES.com 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.oldies.com [Source type: General]
^ Here Comes My Baby 17.- Cat Stevens ~ Songs List : OLDIES.com 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.oldies.com [Source type: General]
^ Here Comes My Wife 19.- Cat Stevens ~ Songs List : OLDIES.com 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.oldies.com [Source type: General]
[12] .^ This was followed in 2000 by the inclusion of "Peace Train" in the movie Remember the Titans [35] and in 2000 by Cameron Crowe's use in Almost Famous of the song "The Wind".- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Starting in 2006, the Cat Stevens song "Tea for The Tillerman" was used as the theme tune for the Ricky Gervais BBC-HBO sitcom Extras .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The final two verses are different: "Two little chickadees, my song is almost done," followed by "One little chickadee sitting all alone."- Making Light: Open Thread 99 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC nielsenhayden.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[42] .^ Cats songs + two previously unreleased tracks appear in the U.S movie Harold & Maude .- Majicat - Cat Stevens - Year To Year Time Line 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.majicat.com [Source type: General]
^ (Some of what follows might be construed as spoilers, so skip out now if you want to be surprised.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ It's just the kind of moment that you want to find when you're writin' songs."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[43]
Later Cat Stevens recordings
.^ In 1973, Stevens moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to avoid taxation from the United Kingdom.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Subsequent releases in the 1970s also did well on the charts and in ongoing sales, although they did not touch the success he had from 1970 to 1973.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ After Stevens left Decca Records they bundled his first two albums together on their label as a set, hoping to ride the commercial tide of his early success; later his newer labels did the same, and he himself released compilations.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[44] .^ During that time he created the album Foreigner , an album which was a departure from the music that had brought him to the height of his fame.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ She talked with Spinner about her brief yet magical time with Holly, new directions he was exploring musically and culturally, and her enduring love for him in the years after his death.- Music Oasis - Part Quad ! Don't Forget To Contribute ! It Won't Kill Ya ! ;) | SamSederShow.com 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.samsedershow.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He recorded on all but two of the succeeding pop music albums Stevens released, and continued performing and recording with him until Stevens' retirement.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ It differed in several respects: entirely written by Stevens, he dropped his band and produced the record without the assistance of Samwell-Smith, who had played a large role in catapulting him to fame, and instead of guitar, he played keyboards throughout the album.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Among the musicians who influenced him were Bob Dylan , Nina Simone , blues artists Leadbelly and Muddy Waters , [14] John Lennon , Biff Rose (who played on his first album), Leo Kottke, [11] and Paul Simon .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ I didn't know this was written as part of a musical which would involve a duet, but was impressed by Cat Stevens performing both roles in this song.- Gary Leupp: The Expulsion of Cat Stevens 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.counterpunch.org [Source type: General]
.^ It was intended to show the funk/soul element that he had come to appreciate.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Neil (show opener) Flying On The Ground Is Wrong Nowadays Clancey Can't Even Sing Mr.Soul Tegan & Sara (coming) .- HyperRust: Bridge Benefit XIV 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.hyperrust.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ One side of Foreigner was continuous, much different than the radio friendly pop tunes fans had come to expect.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ "If there was a word, but magic's absurd I'd make one dream come true" Looks like a dream is coming true at last for Rodriguez fans in London!!!- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
^ If yah like this record you may like 'J D Blackfoot's - 'The Song of Crazy Horse' Its a 'Concept Album', it has one song on side 1, several on 2, all different.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
.^ He performed the album on an uninterrupted ABC network television broadcast titled the "Moon and Star" concert.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Here’s a link to the performers; they were all good.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ It was apparent from the title alone — “Roswell Rudd With the Mongolian Buryat Band” — that Thursday night’s concert at UCLA’s Royce Hall would be an unusual event.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
.^ The album produced a couple of singles including "The Hurt", but did not reach the heights he had once enjoyed.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Although the sales of the album indicated Stevens' popularity, the album did not produce any real hits, with the exception of the single "Sitting", which charted at #16.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
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.^ The follow-up to Foreigner was Buddha and the Chocolate Box , largely a return to the instrumentation and styles employed in Teaser and the Firecat and Tea for the Tillerman .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ In the late Seventies his albums, including Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat , sold millions and millions of copies.- Yusuf Islam: coming out of the Moonshadows - Telegraph 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Sami Yusuf Sami Yusuf returns his follow up to the worldwide hit Al-Mu'allim.- :.:.: |Online Islamic Products On ::: simplyislam.com| :: 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.simplyislam.com [Source type: General]
.^ Oh Very Young 14.- Cat Stevens ~ Songs List : OLDIES.com 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.oldies.com [Source type: General]
^ Oh Very Young 10.- Cat Stevens ~ Songs List : OLDIES.com 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.oldies.com [Source type: General]
^ Oh Very Young 17.- Cat Stevens ~ Songs List : OLDIES.com 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.oldies.com [Source type: General]
.^ The 1977 Izitso included his last chart hit, "(Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard", a duet with fellow UK singer Elkie Brooks.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ As Cat Stephens the singer had a string of hits including Moon Shadow, Peace Train and Morning Has Broken .- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ Liturgies, fixed praises in the sunlight We can relive the old days It was radical then I remember the way we ran free in the woods Let those actions live again.- 2001/2002 Bardic Contest 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.geocities.com [Source type: General]
.^ Linda Lewis appears in the song's video, with Cat Stevens singing to her, as they play former schoolmates, singing to each other on a schoolyard "merry-go-round".- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ He's the guy who sings Wild World and Father and Son " --"oh yeah...Cat Stevens!
^ He later appeared as the final act in the German leg of Live Earth in Hamburg performing some classic Cat Stevens songs and more recent compositions reflecting his concern for peace and child welfare.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ This is one of few videos that Stevens made, other than simple videos of concert performances.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ If any marryed man shall lye with a woman by carnal copulation, other than his one wife; he shall be put to death.- Yusuf Islam: coming out of the Moonshadows - Telegraph 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
^ Davies and Stevens' rapport on a stage is even more remarkable than it is in the studio, as a pair of performances from the Majikat Earth Tour in 1976 reveal.- Cat Stevens Album - Ask.com 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.ask.com [Source type: General]
.^ Released at the same time is "Daydo," a solo album by Alun Davies, co–produced by Cat Stevens and Paul Samwell–Smith.
^ Has he put out albums under that name?- Cat Stevens? - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Message Board 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.coachella.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ His final original album under the name Cat Stevens was Back to Earth , released in late 1978, which was also the first album produced by Samwell-Smith since his peak in single album sales in the early 1970s.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Several compilation albums were released before and after he stopped recording.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ After Stevens left Decca Records they bundled his first two albums together on their label as a set, hoping to ride the commercial tide of his early success; later his newer labels did the same, and he himself released compilations.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ On the occasion of the 2000 re-release of his Cat Stevens albums, he explained that he had stopped performing in English due to his misunderstanding of the Islamic faith.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Several compilation albums were released before and after he stopped recording.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ After Stevens left Decca Records they bundled his first two albums together on their label as a set, hoping to ride the commercial tide of his early success; later his newer labels did the same, and he himself released compilations.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Later Cat Stevens recordings .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ The most successful of the compilation albums was the 1975 Greatest Hits which has sold over 4 million copies in the United States.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The album is now most notable for his song "The First Cut Is the Deepest", a song he sold for 30 to P.P. Arnold that was to become a massive hit for her, [19] and an international hit for Keith Hampshire, Rod Stewart , James Morrison , and Sheryl Crow .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ In the late Seventies his albums, including Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat , sold millions and millions of copies.- Yusuf Islam: coming out of the Moonshadows - Telegraph 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: General]
.^ May 2003 - Platinum Europe Awards .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ In May 2003 he received his first Platinum Europe Award [37] from the IFPI for Remember Cat Stevens, The Ultimate Collection , indicating over one million European sales.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ As Cat Stevens , he has sold over 60 million albums around the world since the late 1960s.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
Religious conversion
.^ While vacationing in Marrakech, Morocco, Stevens was intrigued by the sound of the Ahn, the Islamic ritual call to prayer, which was explained to him as "music for God."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ I am not abusing Allah, or God as we call him.- Islam’s rules for having SEX WITH ANIMALS « Bare Naked Islam's Weblog 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC barenakedislam.wordpress.com [Source type: General]
^ Stevens said, "I thought, music for God?- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Id never heard that before – Id heard of music for money, music for fame, music for personal power, but music for God!"- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ I've never heard that before.
^ I have heard several other music journalists say this, and I have never understood what they were talking about.
[46]
.^ In 1976 Stevens nearly drowned off the coast of Malibu, California and claims to have shouted: Oh God!- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ If you save me I will work for you.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ He cried out to God saying he would work for God if God would save him.
^ He says that right afterward a wave appeared and carried him back to shore.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ This brush with mortality intensified his long-held quest for spiritual truth.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Stevens' brother David Gordon brought him a copy of the Qur'an as a birthday gift from a trip to Jerusalem.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ He had looked into "Buddhism, Zen, I Ching, Numerology, tarot cards and Astrology".- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ A short while later, those brothers who had thrown him into the well came to Egypt for reasons of trade and were brought into his presence, but they failed to recognise him.- Prophet Yusuf 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Original source]
[12] .^ Stevens took to it right away, and began to find peace with himself and began his transition to Islam.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Peace Kareema - Your finding Islam was the blessing of blessings, what you do thereafter is part of the test of faith.
^ KING: We'll be back with our remaining moments with Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, right after this.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ How many times do I have to say this?- HTOC Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.htoc.net [Source type: General]
^ During the time he was studying the Qur'an, he began to identify more and more with the name of Joseph, a man bought and sold in the market place, which is how he says he had increasingly felt within the music business.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ I show you how to use creative online marketing methods to do more deals online.- Follow Top 500 Follow All Back on Twitter 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC tweepml.org [Source type: General]
[27] Regarding his conversion, in his 2006 interview with Alan Yentob,
[47] he stated, "to some people, it may have seemed like an enormous jump, but for me, it was a gradual move to this." And, in a
Rolling Stone Magazine interview, he reaffirmed this, saying, "I had found the spiritual home I'd been seeking for most of my life.
.^ You’ll just have to show up to find out!- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ If you listen to my songs, "I want to get on a peace train," I have not stopped wanting to get on that peace train.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ It's unfortunate that you feel you have to leave out "alt-country" (which, to my mind, is real country music, not what's been playing on the radio the last decade or so), because the general mood there is a lot more liberal.
[48] .^ Stevens had been seeking inner peace and spiritual answers throughout his career, and now believed he had found what he had been seeking.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf Islam Following a bout of TB early in his career he undertook an ongoing search for peace and ultimate spiritual truth.- :.:.: |Online Islamic Products On ::: simplyislam.com| :: 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.simplyislam.com [Source type: General]
^ And, in a Rolling Stone Magazine interview, he reaffirmed this, saying, "I had found the spiritual home I'd been seeking for most of my life.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Yusuf is the Arabic rendition of the name Joseph.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Steven became a Muslim in December 23, 1977, whereupon he changed his name into Yusuf Islam.- Cat Stevens Discography at Discogs 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]
^ Stevens converted to Islam at the height of his fame in December, 1977, [2] and adopted his Muslim name, Yusuf Islam , the following year.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ He stated that he "always loved the name Joseph" and was particularly drawn to the story of Joseph in the Qur'an.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ And the reason I chose Yusuf was because I always loved the name Joseph.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
[27] .^ Although he discontinued his pop career, he was persuaded to perform one last time before what would become his twenty-five year musical hiatus.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Can I build my career one chamber music piece at a time?- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ Flashbacks: Twenty-five Years of Doonesbury .- Omar's Book List by Title 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.heedme.com [Source type: General]
.^ Performance at the Year of the Child Concert (1979).- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Appearing with his hair freshly shorn and an untrimmed beard, he headlined a charity concert on 22 November 1979 in Wembley Stadium to benefit UNICEF's International Year of the Child.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ It's been 22 years since his last concert.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
[49] The concert closed with a performance by Stevens,
David Essex, Alun Davies, and Stevens's brother, David, who wrote the song that was the finale, "Child for a Day".
[49]
.^ Yusuf married Fauzia Mubarak Ali on 7 September, 1979, [41] at Regent's Park Mosque in London.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ He currently lives with his wife and children in London, and spends part of each year in Dubai.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ They have five children.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Interest in Rodriguez in the UK and Europe has been growing steadily over the past few years, always helped no doubt by the many South African and Australians currently living in London and other major Euro centres.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
[7]
Life as Yusuf Islam (1978–present)
Muslim faith and musical career
.^ Following his conversion, Yusuf abandoned his career as a pop star.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf in recording studio, 2006 Yusuf gradually resumed his musical career in the 1990s.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Islam, a Briton who was born Stephen Georgiou, abandoned his music career after becoming a Muslim.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ When he became a Muslim in 1977, he said, the Imam at the mosque was told that he was a pop star, and he told Yusuf that it was fine to continue as a musician, so long as the songs were morally acceptable.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Steven became a Muslim in December 23, 1977, whereupon he changed his name into Yusuf Islam.- Cat Stevens Discography at Discogs 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]
^ In addition, the song, "Pop Star", about his experience as a teen star, and "Katmandu", featuring Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel playing flute, were featured.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ The prophet PBUH never did that although there was music instruments!!- Yusuf Islam in his latest TV interview with the ex-BBC Director Alan Yentob. - www.TurnToIslam.com 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.turntoislam.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In any case, perhaps music conservatories need to go farther in teaching their students about the "real world" out there.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ "Interestingly, it is Bosnian songs which have brought me closer to wanting to do something more (in music)," said Yusuf, who turned his back on the music business 18 years ago.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
But in his first performance on the television show
Later... with ., 27 years after leaving the music business, and in other interviews, he gave different reasons for leaving: "A lot of people would have loved me to keep singing," he said.
^ But a lot of people did sing that hymn.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ I love people who share different music experiences.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
^ I just love his music and don't care what other people do with his songs.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
"
.^ You come to a point where you have sung, more or less ...- Cat Stevens - Wikiquote 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC en.wikiquote.org [Source type: Original source]
- Cat Stevens - Wikiquote 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC en.wikiquote.org [Source type: Original source]
^ "You come to a point where you have sung, more or less ...- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ I see where you're coming from, but Yusuf Islam still isn't in the right (just to point it out...- Are Sami Yusuf's nasheeds haram? 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.ummah.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
your whole repertoire and you want to get down to the job of living.
.^ Classic examples are "You light up my life", "I will always love you."- 2001/2002 Bardic Contest 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.geocities.com [Source type: General]
^ Drew, I don’t know how you do it, but keep it up!!- Islam’s rules for having SEX WITH ANIMALS « Bare Naked Islam's Weblog 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC barenakedislam.wordpress.com [Source type: General]
^ Saying I dont “know shit about islam” is paradoxical ( a big non-islamic word for you morons to look up ) ..For we do know shit, and the shit is Islam !- Islam’s rules for having SEX WITH ANIMALS « Bare Naked Islam's Weblog 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC barenakedislam.wordpress.com [Source type: General]
I'd been searching, been on the road."
[10]
.^ Muslim faith and musical career .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Estimating in January 2007 that he continues to earn approximately $1.5 million USD a year from his Cat Stevens music, [43] he decided to use his accumulated wealth and continuing earnings from his music career on philanthropic and educational causes in the Muslim community of London and elsewhere.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Cat Stevens ' at Amazon Low prices on new & used music.- Cat Stevens Album - Ask.com 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.ask.com [Source type: General]
.^ In 1981, he founded the Islamia Primary School in Salusbury Road in the north London area of Kilburn and, soon after, founded several Muslim secondary schools and devoted his energy to providing an Islamic education to children and to donate the rest to charitable causes.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ After it is all set up the BR will fade.- HTOC Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.htoc.net [Source type: General]
^ He served as chairman of the charity Muslim Aid from 1985 to 1993.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
. He is also the founder and chairman of the
Small Kindness charity, which initially assisted famine victims in Africa and now supports thousands of orphans and families in the
Balkans,
Indonesia, and
Iraq.
^ He is the founder and chairman of the Small Kindness charity, which initially assisted famine victims in Africa and now supports thousands of orphans and families in the Balkans, Indonesia, and Iraq.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Many families in this country who support the Iraq war have nevertheless lost a loved one to it.
^ Cat Stevens at the Internet Movie Database Yusuf Islam's official website Small Kindness , Yusuf Islam's charity Mountain of Light , Yusuf Islam's spiritual website .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[52] He served as chairman of the charity
Muslim Aid from 1985 to 1993.
[53]
.^ In 1985, Yusuf decided to return to the public spotlight for the first time since his religious conversion, at the historic Live Aid concert, concerned with the famine threatening Ethiopia.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Somehow I feel Yusuf’s decision to return to the pop world originates from the time he was stopped by the US authorities to enter the country.- Pickled Politics » Yusuf Islam and his return to music 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.pickledpolitics.com [Source type: General]
^ At the massive Live Aid charity concert, taking place at Wembley Stadium, Yusuf arrives and offers to perform – a capella – a new song written for the occasion, "The End."
.^ At Academy I found a long-sought Melodiya set of Shostakovich orchestral songs sung by Yevgeny Nesterenko.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ One of the most comforting and compassionate songs I’ve ever heard: Whatever Gets You Thru The Night, John Lennon with Elton John.- Songs that Shift Your Spirits | Shift Your Spirits 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC sladeroberson.com [Source type: General]
^ They only played material from their first two albums, except for final song "Jealous Guy" - not a crowd-pleasing set, though I though they were great.- My night with Cat Stevens | Word Magazine 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.wordmagazine.co.uk [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[54]
Salman Rushdie controversy
.^ Main article: Cat Stevens' comments about Salman Rushdie The singer attracted controversy in 1989, during an address to students at London's Kingston University, where he was asked about the fatwa calling for the death of author Salman Rushdie.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Salman Rushdie controversy .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ During the controversies that followed, including his sympathetic remarks about Khomeini in Iran, and about the Salman Rushdie fatwa affair, I thought he was trying to convey the feelings of Muslims to the western world.- Gary Leupp: The Expulsion of Cat Stevens 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.counterpunch.org [Source type: General]
.^ Newspapers quickly interpreted his response as support for the fatwa, but he released a statement the following day which said that he had not been supporting vigilantism, and was merely explaining the legal Islamic punishment for blasphemy.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Newspapers quickly interpreted his response as support for the fatwa, but he released a statement the following day which said that he had not been supporting vigilantism, and was merely explaining the legal Islamic punishment for blasphemy.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The following day, Yusuf was deported back to the United Kingdom.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ In October 2004 the British newspapers The Sun and The Sunday Times voiced their support for Yusuf's deportation by the US government, claiming that he had supported terrorism.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ In a BBC interview, he displayed a newspaper clipping from that time period, which quotes from his statement.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Subsequent comments made by him in 1989 on a British television programme were also seen as being in support of the fatwa, but in a statement in the FAQ section of his web site [47] he says that he was joking and that the show was improperly edited.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Comment by barenakedislam on November 1, 2009 11:18 PM CR, have you ever seen anything with a MADE IN (MIDDLE EAST COUNTRY) label on it?- Islam’s rules for having SEX WITH ANIMALS « Bare Naked Islam's Weblog 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC barenakedislam.wordpress.com [Source type: General]
^ Comment by btilly on November 6, 2009 6:13 PM IrANIANS who live in Iran supported him and so did Jimmy Carter.- Islam’s rules for having SEX WITH ANIMALS « Bare Naked Islam's Weblog 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC barenakedislam.wordpress.com [Source type: General]
.^ Subsequent comments made by him in 1989 on a British television programme were also seen as being in support of the fatwa, but in a statement in the FAQ section of his web site [47] he says that he was joking and that the show was improperly edited.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ In the years since these comments, he has strongly denied ever calling for the death of Rushdie or supporting the fatwa.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Main article: Cat Stevens' comments about Salman Rushdie The singer attracted controversy in 1989, during an address to students at London's Kingston University, where he was asked about the fatwa calling for the death of author Salman Rushdie.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ "These assumptions are conservative, since it is estimated that, every year, natural habitats and dependent vertebrate populations decrease by an average of 1.1 percent," the authors wrote.- Bird Biogeography II 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC people.eku.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[6][48]
11 September attacks
Immediately following the 11 September 2001, attacks on the United States, he said:
- I wish to express my heartfelt horror at the indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed against innocent people of the United States yesterday. While it is still not clear who carried out the attack, it must be stated that no right-thinking follower of Islam could possibly condone such an action. The Qur'an equates the murder of one innocent person with the murder of the whole of humanity. We pray for the families of all those who lost their lives in this unthinkable act of violence as well as all those injured; I hope to reflect the feelings of all Muslims and people around the world whose sympathies go out to the victims of this sorrowful moment.[56][57]
.^ Islam appeared in a concert in Bosnia earlier this year, his first concert in 20 years.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ New York Times 10.- Cat Stevens ~ Songs List : OLDIES.com 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.oldies.com [Source type: General]
^ The first time was in October 2001.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
.^ He also donated a portion of his box-set royalties to the September 11 Fund for victims' families, and the rest to orphans in underdeveloped countries.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf Islam the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens plans to donate a portion of the royalties from his upcoming box set to the September 11th Fund, with the rest going to orphans and homeless families in underdeveloped countries.- Yusuf Islam [Archive] - AppleInsider 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC forums.appleinsider.com [Source type: Original source]
^ He is the founder and chairman of the Small Kindness charity, which initially assisted famine victims in Africa and now supports thousands of orphans and families in the Balkans, Indonesia, and Iraq.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[58] .^ Yusuf Islam was the MCB treasurer in 1998 at the same time he was fundraising for Bosnian Muslims.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Cat Stevens: 'They have hijacked my religion' The events of 11 September were the fruit of 'blind irreligious hatred': Yusuf Islam, formerly the singer Cat Stevens, explains why the attacks had nothing to do with Muslim beliefs http://www.vh1.com/thewire/content/news/1448948.jhtml I wish to express my heartfelt horror at the indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed against innocent people of the United States," Islam wrote on his official Web site.- Yusuf Islam [Archive] - AppleInsider 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC forums.appleinsider.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Joseph Roth: Report from a Parisian Paradise - Essays from France 1925-39 (Norton) Roth, novelist and newspaper feature writer, exiled in Paris during the Nazi years, gives his impression of Paris and the French on the eve of WWII. I've been reading many of this works as they are now appearing in English.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
[44]
Denial of entry into the United States
.^ On 21 September 2004, Yusuf was on a United Airlines flight from London to Washington, travelling to a meeting with singer Dolly Parton , who had recorded "Peace Train" several years earlier and was planning to include another Cat Stevens song on an upcoming album.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ September 21, 2004 .- Gary Leupp: The Expulsion of Cat Stevens 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.counterpunch.org [Source type: General]
^ (Parton had also covered "Peace Train" a few years earlier.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[47] .^ "The Department of Homeland Security placed Yusuf Islam on the no-fly list in response to information received from the intelligence community.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Buchan said that was before Islam was added to the no-fly list."- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ His United Airlines flight from London to Washington's Dulles International Airport was diverted Tuesday to Bangor, Maine, when U.S. officials reviewing the passenger list discovered he was aboard.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ However, the United States Department of Homeland Security added him to their FBI watchlist.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Customs agents alerted the United States Transportation Security Administration, which then diverted his flight to Bangor, Maine, where he was detained by agents from the Department of Homeland Security.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Homeland Security Department and intelligence agencies found some information concerning his activities that they felt under our law required him to be placed on a watch list and therefore deny him entry into the United States.- Gary Leupp: The Expulsion of Cat Stevens 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.counterpunch.org [Source type: General]
[59]
.^ MIM: Yusuf Islam aka Cat Stevens is feigning ignorance as to why he was banned from the United States, and is threatening to sue the United States government for deporting him.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ A second government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said U.S. authorities think donations from Islam may have ended up helping to fund blind sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, convicted in a plot to bomb New York City landmarks, and Hamas, a Palestinian militant group considered a terrorist organization by the United States.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ He was barred from entering the United States last month because of what the Department of Homeland Security says are concerns about activities potentially related to terrorism.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ They also said, "Yusuf Islam has been placed on watch lists because of concerns about activities that could potentially be related to terrorism.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
[62] .^ "I have never knowingly supported or given money to Hamas," says Yusuf, who repeatedly has condemned terrorism and Islamic extremism.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf successfully sued for libel and received a substantial out-of-court financial settlement and apologies from the newspapers stating that he had never supported terrorism and acknowledging that he had recently been given a Man of Peace award from the private Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Committee.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Another high profile convert Yvonne Ridley’s recently condemned Muslim women for enjoying an Islamic concert by Yusuf Sami.- Pickled Politics » Yusuf Islam and his return to music 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.pickledpolitics.com [Source type: General]
. "At the time I was reported to have done it, I didn't know such a group existed.
^ Comment by barenakedislam on August 4, 2009 8:32 PM Sorry, Shahaadah, this time we must do what the Crusades didn’t finish the first time.- Islam’s rules for having SEX WITH ANIMALS « Bare Naked Islam's Weblog 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC barenakedislam.wordpress.com [Source type: General]
^ "At the time I was reported to have done it, I didn't know such a group existed.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ It is Allah, Who is unconfined by time and space, Who creates and knows everything.- Prophet Yusuf 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Some people give a political interpretation to charity.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ It's impossible for certain things, I suppose, not to happen, but that's when you're in the business of giving charity you can't let that be a hindrance to making sure -- trying to make sure that the people who do need it get it.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ We were horrified at how people were suffering in the Holy Land."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Some people have called the Middle East; the Holy Land.- 2001/2002 Bardic Contest 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.geocities.com [Source type: General]
- 2001/2002 Bardic Contest 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.geocities.com [Source type: General]
[62] .^ However, the United States Department of Homeland Security added him to their FBI watchlist.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Homeland Security Department and intelligence agencies found some information concerning his activities that they felt under our law required him to be placed on a watch list and therefore deny him entry into the United States.- Gary Leupp: The Expulsion of Cat Stevens 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.counterpunch.org [Source type: General]
^ Customs agents alerted the United States Transportation Security Administration, which then diverted his flight to Bangor, Maine, where he was detained by agents from the Department of Homeland Security.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[15] .^ The US deportation provoked a small international controversy, and led British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to complain personally to US Secretary of State Colin Powell at the United Nations.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ You have British Foreign Minister Jack Straw protesting to Colin Powell, probably saying "Don't you think you're getting a bit paranoid here, and don't you think this will be seen as ridiculous in the world?"- Gary Leupp: The Expulsion of Cat Stevens 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.counterpunch.org [Source type: General]
^ British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw complained to U.S. officials Wednesday about their treatment of Islam, telling Secretary of State Colin Powell "that this action should not have been taken," the Foreign Office said.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[63] Powell responded by stating that the watchlist was under review, adding, "I think we have that obligation to review these matters to see if we are right".
[64]
.^ Yusuf believed his inclusion on the watch list may have simply been an error: a mistaken identification of him for a man with the same name, but different spelling.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ These days I even pronounce my name differently, ie sugar-man instead of sugarman.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
^ They also said, "Yusuf Islam has been placed on watch lists because of concerns about activities that could potentially be related to terrorism.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ His daughter was allowed to remain in the United States.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Yusef Islam to be refused entry to the US with your post?- Yusuf Islam [Archive] - AppleInsider 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC forums.appleinsider.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Islam was placed on a "terrorism watch list".- Yusuf Islam [Archive] - AppleInsider 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC forums.appleinsider.com [Source type: Original source]
[10] .^ Yusuf is the Arabic rendition of the name Joseph.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Romanization of Arabic names can easily result in different spellings: the transliteration of the Islamic name for Joseph (Yusuf's chosen name) lists a dozen spellings.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf Islam wants name off 'no-fly' list , Associated Press , 2 October 2004.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Two years later, in December 2006, Yusuf was admitted without incident into the United States for several radio concert performances and interviews to promote his new record.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Performance at the Year of the Child Concert (1979).- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Denial of entry into the United States .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[66] .^ Can't even spell my name right.- HTOC Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.htoc.net [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf said of the incident at the time, that, "No reason was ever given, but being asked to repeat the spelling of my name again and again, made me think it was a fairly simple mistake of identity.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ While the plane was in flight, the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System flagged his name as being on a no fly list.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
Rumors which circulated after made me imagine otherwise."
[67]
.^ Yusuf has written a song about the 2004 deportation experience, entitled "Boots and Sand", recorded in the summer of 2008 and featuring Paul McCartney , Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, and Terry Sylvester.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ They performed two songs, both half in Arabic, and half in English; "Tala'a Al-Badru Alayna", an old song in Arabic which Yusuf recorded with a folk sound to it, and another song, "The Wind East and West", which was newly written by Yusuf and featured a distinct R&B sound.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ After Yusuf's friend, Irfan Ljubijankic, the Foreign Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina, was killed by a Serbian rocket attack, Yusuf appeared at a 1997 benefit concert in Sarajevo and recorded a benefit album named after a song written by Ljubijankic, I Have No Cannons That Roar .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[68]
Libel cases
British reports regarding deportation
.^ In October 2004 the British newspapers The Sun and The Sunday Times voiced their support for Yusuf's deportation by the US government, claiming that he had supported terrorism.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ On 1 October 2004 Yusuf requested the removal of his name, "I remain bewildered by the decision of the US authorities to refuse me entry to the United States."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Islam, Yusuf, A cat in a wild world , The Guardian , 1 October 2004.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Yusuf successfully sued for libel and received a substantial out-of-court financial settlement and apologies from the newspapers stating that he had never supported terrorism and acknowledging that he had recently been given a Man of Peace award from the private Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Committee.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ In December 2006, Yusuf was one of the artists who performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, in honour of the prize winners, Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ I think Ahmadinejad is a cool dude and should have won the Nobel Peace Prize.- Islam’s rules for having SEX WITH ANIMALS « Bare Naked Islam's Weblog 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC barenakedislam.wordpress.com [Source type: General]
.^ However The Sunday Times managing editor Richard Caseby said that while there was an "agreed settlement", they "always denied liability" and "disagreed with Cat Stevens' lawyers interpretation", but took a "pragmatic view" of the lawsuit.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ On CBS Sunday Morning in December 2006, he said, "You know, the cup is there to be filled ...- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Nay, but they denied that, the knowledge whereof they could not compass, and whereof the interpretation (in events) hath not yet comeunto them.- itsIslam - Quran - Surah Yunus (jonah) 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.itsislam.net [Source type: Original source]
[69]
.^ That name is part of my history and a lot of the things I dreamt about as Cat Stevens have come true as Yusuf Islam."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf responded that he was "...delighted by the settlement [which] helps vindicate my character and good name...- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ It seems to be the easiest thing in the world these days to make scurrilous accusations against Muslims, and in my case it directly impacts on my relief work and damages my reputation as an artist.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Pretty busy at work these days.- HTOC Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.htoc.net [Source type: General]
^ The next day, I was walking in Artists Alley when I felt a tap on my shoulder.
The harm done is often difficult to repair", and added that he intended to donate the financial award given to him by the court to help orphans of the
tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
[69]
Yusuf wrote about the experience in a newspaper article titled "A Cat in a Wild World".
[70]False rumour regarding veiled women
.^ On 18 July 2008, Yusuf received substantial undisclosed damages from the World Entertainment News Network following their distribution of the false rumour that the singer did not speak to unveiled women.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf Islam wins damages for "veiled women" slur , Reuters , 18 July 2008.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ False rumour regarding veiled women .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[71] .^ Once again he was awarded damages after the World Entertainment News Network allowed an article to be published on Contactmusic.com, a "website said to have 2.2 million page views a month", [63] alleging that Yusuf would not speak to unveiled women with the exception of his wife.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The allegations first surfaced in German newspaper B.Z. after Yusuf's trip to Berlin in March 2007 to collect the ECHO award for "life achievements as musician and ambassador between cultures".- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ March 2007, received the German ECHO "special award for life achievements as musician and ambassador between cultures", Europe's Grammy, in Berlin [64] 2008 Nominated for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame [98] .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ His solicitor was reported as having said that "he was made out to be 'so sexist and bigoted that he refused at an awards ceremony to speak to or even acknowledge any women who were not wearing a veil,'".- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The offending news agency apologized, admitting that Yusuf has never had any problem in working with women and, contrary to the article in question, never has needed a third party as an intermediary to function at work.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf successfully sued for libel and received a substantial out-of-court financial settlement and apologies from the newspapers stating that he had never supported terrorism and acknowledging that he had recently been given a Man of Peace award from the private Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Committee.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[72] .^ The money from this lawsuit will go to Yusuf's Small Kindness Charity.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ He is the founder and chairman of the Small Kindness charity, which initially assisted famine victims in Africa and now supports thousands of orphans and families in the Balkans, Indonesia, and Iraq.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Cat Stevens at the Internet Movie Database Yusuf Islam's official website Small Kindness , Yusuf Islam's charity Mountain of Light , Yusuf Islam's spiritual website .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
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.^ Yusuf himself discusses this topic on his website, saying, "Its true that I have asked my manager to respectfully request lady presenters from embracing me when giving awards or during public appearances, but that has nothing to do with my feelings or respect for them.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ I noticed you totally skipped over my earlier response to your silly comments- Nothing to say??!- Islam’s rules for having SEX WITH ANIMALS « Bare Naked Islam's Weblog 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC barenakedislam.wordpress.com [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf Islam was quoted by the press as saying that the suffering of the Muslim population during the war in Bosnia convinced him of the need to sing in public once again.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Islam simply requires me to honour the dignity of ladies or young girls who are not closely related to me, and avoid physical intimacy, however innocent it may be."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Related to question 3 above: Many times you Muslums also sell off your young pre-teen daughters who aren’t physically ready for sex and you Muslums also force your daughters to marry close family relatives or to Uncles.- Islam’s rules for having SEX WITH ANIMALS « Bare Naked Islam's Weblog 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC barenakedislam.wordpress.com [Source type: General]
^ In an interview with the weekly, which is close to radical Muslim politicians who organized the concert, Islam said he had "decided to sing again to plead for peace and tolerance".- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ He adds, "My four daughters all follow the basic wearing of clothes which modestly cover their God-given beauty.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ But above all he was there with me when I got off drugs and married and had my 2 beautiful boys.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
^ From the age of four years I was given the 'serious' priveledge of carefully placing my fathers vinyl on the record player and turning up the volume.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
.^ Theyre extremely well educated; they do not cover their faces and interact perfectly well with friends and society.."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ THE BROTHERS PROVIDE FALSE EVIDENCE Prophet Yusuf’s brothers were, in fact, perfectly well aware that they were not in the least bit credible.- Prophet Yusuf 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Original source]
^ And those who earn ill-deeds, (for them) requital of each ill-deed by the like thereof; and ignominy overtaketh them - They have noprotector from Allah - as if their faces had been covered with a cloak ofdarkest night.- itsIslam - Quran - Surah Yunus (jonah) 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.itsislam.net [Source type: Original source]
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Yusuf Islam at the Mojo Awards 2009
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.^ Yusuf in recording studio, 2006 Yusuf gradually resumed his musical career in the 1990s.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ His initial recordings had not included any musical instruments other than percussion, and featured lyrics about Islamic themes.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ For the documentary part, which dealt with the origin of this newest kind of music, Riedl made a variety of recordings of mechanical musical instruments.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ One of the recurring themes On An Overgrown Path has been the control of agents , broadcasters and record companies over the music we hear.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
.^ He invested in building his own recording studio which he named Mountain of Light Studios in the late 1990s, and he was featured as a guest singer on "God Is the Light", a song on an album of nasheeds by the group Raihan.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ After Yusuf's friend, Irfan Ljubijankic, the Foreign Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina, was killed by a Serbian rocket attack, Yusuf appeared at a 1997 benefit concert in Sarajevo and recorded a benefit album named after a song written by Ljubijankic, I Have No Cannons That Roar .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Though he enjoyed art (his later record albums would feature his original artwork on his album covers), [11] he wanted to establish a musical career and began to perform originally under the stage name "Steve Adams" in 1965 while at Hammersmith.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ In addition, he invited and collaborated with other Muslim singers, including Canadian artist Dawud Wharnsby Ali.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Mona Bone Jakon was an early example of the solo singer-songwriter album format that was becoming popular for other artists as well.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Dawud Wharnsby , however, is one such artist.- :.:.: |Online Islamic Products On ::: simplyislam.com| :: 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.simplyislam.com [Source type: General]
.^ Lubiankic handed over a cassette of a song called "I have no cannon that roars".- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Ex-singer Cat Stevens Plans Bosnian Music Recording By Dan De Luce Reuters/Variety January 21st, 1997 Courtesy of Haney M. Nimr SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Reuter) - Former British pop star Cat Stevens, who converted to Islam and gave up his music career in the 1970s, said Tuesday he planned to produce a recording of Bosnian music with two songs written by himself.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Defence and Foreign Affairs analyst Yossef Bodansky wrote in 1997 that Iran, from its terrorist bases in Bosnia-Herzegovina, planned the assassination of Pope John Paul II. The assassination was planned towards the end of September 1997.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[75] .^ She was South African, and there was some really interesting stuff on it.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
^ Zain Bhikha Ever since Zain Bhikha's wonderful voice was featured on A is for allah, this young man from South Africa has gone on from strength to strength, proving himself to be a popular and accomplished singer of Islamic nasheeds .- :.:.: |Online Islamic Products On ::: simplyislam.com| :: 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.simplyislam.com [Source type: General]
^ It would be a GREAT idea of Rodriguez toured the UK, there are millions of South African fans over here and I for one would love it.- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
.^ He wrote a capella for the concert titled "The End" October 20, 2001 Yusuf Islam was interviewed and performed a capella of his old 70's song 'Peace Train' on national TV before the NYC Peace Concert.- Majicat - Cat Stevens - Year To Year Time Line 19 January 2010 8:49 UTC www.majicat.com [Source type: General]
^ No one at church knew why I shouted with understanding laughter when we sang that song sometime last year.- Making Light: Open Thread 99 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC nielsenhayden.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ "Interestingly, it is Bosnian songs which have brought me closer to wanting to do something more (in music)," said Yusuf, who turned his back on the music business 18 years ago.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Qbico is an Italian record label that does small runs of home-made LPs.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf Islam spoke at a BTF rally in Washington and then went on to start his "Small Kindnesses' 'charity' which is linked directly to Bosnia.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Peace Safa - Small Kindness, which I established a number of years ago, is helping countless numbers of orphans and families in the Balkans and some other parts of the world.
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.^ On the occasion of the 2000 re-release of his Cat Stevens albums, he explained that he had stopped performing in English due to his misunderstanding of the Islamic faith.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Cat Stevens album .- Cat Stevens Album - Ask.com 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.ask.com [Source type: General]
^ While vacationing in Marrakech, Morocco, Stevens was intrigued by the sound of the Ahn, the Islamic ritual call to prayer, which was explained to him as "music for God."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Looking again at the question of music and particularly singing in Islam, it became more clear that the issue was still highly debatable, particularly in circumstances of Jihad and war.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ These collected reviews and essays from past Village Voice issues cover the cutting-edge music scene in NYC in the 80's and 90's.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ "This issue of music in Islam is not as cut-and-dried as I was led to believe ...- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
I relied on heresy
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[78] that was perhaps my mistake."
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.^ Yusuf has discussed feeling that his decision to leave the Western pop music business was perhaps one that was too quick with too little communication for his fans.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ But Yusuf says he knew there were aspects of the music business, such as vanity and temptations, that did go against the teachings of the Qu'ran, [42] and this was the primary reason he gave for retreating from the pop spotlight.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Gordon’s Waltz was intensely sentimental and beautiful, reminding one of Satie throughout its length, which was perhaps a little much.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
.^ For most, it was a surprise, and even his guitarist, Alun Davies said in later interviews that he hadn't believed that Stevens would actually go through with it, after his many forays into other religions throughout their relationship.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Producer Paul Samwell-Smith paired guitarist Alun Davies, who was currently working as a session musician, with Stevens.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Would it be beyond xkcd to go thru and tally the actual deaths?- Making Light: Open Thread 99 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC nielsenhayden.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[27] .^ Yusuf himself has said the "cut" between his former life and his life as a Muslim might have been too quick, too severe, and that more people might have been better informed about Islam, and given an opportunity to better understand it, and himself, if he had simply removed those items that were considered harm , in his performances, allowing him to express himself musically and educate listeners through his music without violating any religious constraints.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Life as Yusuf Islam (1978present) .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ In this sense, the life of Yusuf (as) has several meanings.- Prophet Yusuf 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Original source]
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.^ In 2003, after repeated encouragement from within the Muslim world, [72] Yusuf once again recorded "Peace Train" for a compilation CD, which also included performances by David Bowie and Paul McCartney.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ It yielded several hits, including "Peace Train", "Morning Has Broken" (a Christian hymn with lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon), and "Moon Shadow".- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf has written a song about the 2004 deportation experience, entitled "Boots and Sand", recorded in the summer of 2008 and featuring Paul McCartney , Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, and Terry Sylvester.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ He performed "Wild World" in Nelson Mandela's 46664 concert with his former session player Peter Gabriel , the first time he had publicly performed in English in 25 years.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Performance at the Year of the Child Concert (1979).- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ First time- Lifehouse 25.- Songs that Shift Your Spirits | Shift Your Spirits 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC sladeroberson.com [Source type: General]
.^ The proceeds of "Father and Son" were donated to the Band Aid charity.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ In December 2004, he and Ronan Keating released a new version of "Father and Son": the song entered the charts at number two, behind Band Aid 20's "Do They Know It's Christmas?".- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Father & Son 20.- Cat Stevens ~ Songs List : OLDIES.com 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.oldies.com [Source type: General]
.^ The proceeds of "Father and Son" were donated to the Band Aid charity.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Proceeds from the song were donated to a charity to help the people of war-torn Gaza.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ In December 2004, he and Ronan Keating released a new version of "Father and Son": the song entered the charts at number two, behind Band Aid 20's "Do They Know It's Christmas?".- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Keating's former group, Boyzone , had a hit with the song a decade earlier.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ The Alabama pro-environment song ("Pass It on Down") got lots of airplay and is on a couple of the group's "greatest hits" anthologies.
.^ As he had been persuaded before, Yusuf contributed to the song, because the proceeds were marked for charity.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ In January 2009, Yusuf released a charity song in aid of children in Gaza.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ MIM: Yusuf claims he was giving charity to 9/11 victims in an attempt to diffuse attention from his contributions to Hamas.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ However, this marked a point in his artistic career where he entertained the concept of using more than simply voice and drums.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Gary Kamiya at Salon: So for a lot of us, there's more at stake in Tuesday's elections than simply whether...- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
^ I think the concept that's being reached for here is the middle voice, rather than the passive per se .- Making Light: Open Thread 99 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC nielsenhayden.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.^ On 21 April 2005 Yusuf gave a short talk before a scheduled musical performance in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on the anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad's birthday.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ April 2005 01:38:21 PM .- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
^ Hardly new music, and this is a real missed opportunity for the orchestra that gave first performances of much contemporary music including Schoenberg's Variations for Orchestra, op.- New Music reBlog: November 2006 Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC netnewmusic.net [Source type: General]
.^ More of that than brains today.- HTOC Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.htoc.net [Source type: General]
^ ISLAM: It seems to be that there is more than one story.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Something is right about Islam.- Islam’s rules for having SEX WITH ANIMALS « Bare Naked Islam's Weblog 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC barenakedislam.wordpress.com [Source type: General]
.^ Our recordings are particularly appealing to the young, having used songs as well as Qur'an verses with pleasing sound effects..."- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Hi all If anyone has had a go at playing the songs in the "chords" section of the site using the transcriptions I sent in, please let me have any comments?- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
^ As previously posted, i video recorded his 4 song set at CDWherehouse, it has come out very well, email me at scroll_troll(at)hotmail.com if you're interested .- Rodriguez - Forum Archive, part 1 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.sugarman.org [Source type: General]
[81] .^ But what about the conventional Muslim ban on musical instruments?- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Yusuf explained that while there had been no real guidelines about instruments in the Qur'an, and no reference about the business of music, it had been Muslim travellers who first brought the guitar to Moorish Spain.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Realizing there were few educational resources designed to teach children about the Islamic religion, Yusuf wrote and produced a children's album, A Is for Allah , in 2000 [68] with the assistance of South African singer-songwriter Zain Bhikha.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ He noted that Muhammad was fond of celebrations, as in the case of the birth of a child, or a traveller arriving after a long journey.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Got my harp, got my bottled whiskey Spend some time in the deep forest Like a child on a magical journey I long to learn more before I rest.- 2001/2002 Bardic Contest 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.geocities.com [Source type: General]
- 2001/2002 Bardic Contest 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.geocities.com [Source type: General]
^ As long as the child has not come out of the mother (such as partial-birth abortions), it is a moral/religious issue.- HTOC Archives 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.htoc.net [Source type: General]
.^ Thus, Yusuf concluded that healthy entertainment was acceptable within limitations, and that he now felt that it was no sin to perform with the guitar.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ Music, he now felt, is uplifting to the soul; something sorely needed in troubled times.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
[82] .^ At that point, he was joined by several young male singers who sang backing vocals and played a drum, with Yusuf as lead singer and guitarist.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ But when the envoy came to him, he [Yusuf] said, "Go back to your master and en quire of him what happened about the women who cut their hands.- Prophet Yusuf 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.scribd.com [Source type: Original source]
^ "Interestingly, it is Bosnian songs which have brought me closer to wanting to do something more (in music)," said Yusuf, who turned his back on the music business 18 years ago.- Yusuf Islam & The Muslim Council of Britain's terrorism ties - Muslim Aid 'charity' funds Al Qaeda & sent Mujahideen to Bosnia - Militant Islam Monitor - Militant Islam Monitor 9 February 2010 17:38 UTC www.militantislammonitor.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ They performed two songs, both half in Arabic, and half in English; "Tala'a Al-Badru Alayna", an old song in Arabic which Yusuf recorded with a folk sound to it, and another song, "The Wind East and West", which was newly written by Yusuf and featured a distinct R&B sound.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ After Yusuf's friend, Irfan Ljubijankic, the Foreign Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina, was killed by a Serbian rocket attack, Yusuf appeared at a 1997 benefit concert in Sarajevo and recorded a benefit album named after a song written by Ljubijankic, I Have No Cannons That Roar .- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ Yusuf has written a song about the 2004 deportation experience, entitled "Boots and Sand", recorded in the summer of 2008 and featuring Paul McCartney , Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, and Terry Sylvester.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
.^ With this performance, Yusuf began slowly to integrate instruments into both older material from his Cat Stevens era (some with slight lyrical changes) and new songs, both those known to the Muslim communities around the world and some that have the same Western flair from before with a focus on new topics and another generation of listeners.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
^ KING: Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens.- CNN.com - Transcripts 17 September 2009 1:44 UTC transcripts.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ They performed two songs, both half in Arabic, and half in English; "Tala'a Al-Badru Alayna", an old song in Arabic which Yusuf recorded with a folk sound to it, and another song, "The Wind East and West", which was newly written by Yusuf and featured a distinct R&B sound.- Radio Swiss Jazz - Cat Stevens - Biography 10 February 2010 13:013 UTC www.radioswissjazz.ch [Source type: General]
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In a 2005 press release, he explained his revived recording career:
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