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My Take
Cat Stevens, now Yusuf Islam, commands a particular respect from me. Songs like Wild World and Morning Has Broken still land decades on, gentle yet unshakable. What moves me is the arc: walking away from music at the peak of selling 100 million records to follow his faith, then quietly returning years later. That enormous swing is precisely what gives his songs their weight. Born in Marylebone, London, and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, he never chased trends, only stayed honest to the questions in his own soul. I find that integrity genuinely humbling.
Overview
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens or Yusuf/Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He has sold more than 100 million records and has more than two billion streams. His musical career has explored folk, rock, pop, and, later in his career, Islamic music.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cat Stevens
- Name (Japanese)
- キャット・スティーヴンス
- Reading
- きゃっと・すてぃーゔんす
- Born
- July 21, 1948 (age 77)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rat
- Origin
- Marylebone, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- musician / singer-songwriter / singer / guitarist / recording artist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- honorary doctor of the University of Exeter
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.