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Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948 in London, England),[2] originally and commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British musician. He is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam.[3]
His early 1970s record albums Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat were both certified as Triple Platinum by the RIAA in the United States; his 1972 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. 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 five different artists.
Stevens converted to Islam at the height of his fame, in December 1977,[4] and adopted his Muslim name, Yusuf Islam, the following year. In 1979, he auctioned all his guitars away for charity[5] and left his music career to devote himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community. 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. In 2006, he returned to pop music with his first album of new pop songs in 28 years, entitled An Other Cup. He now goes professionally by the single name Yusuf.[6] His newest album, Roadsinger, was released on 5 May 2009.
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FurKan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sjSHa...
Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:15:25 GMT View Conversation
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Nurwita Mustika Sari saturday nite...
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:55:03 GMT View Conversation
FurKan: cat stevens another saturday night =\D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLeWB3...
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:11:39 GMT
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948 in London, England),[2] originally and commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a B...read more
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British musician. He is a singer-songw...read more
FurKan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sjSHa...
Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:38:41 GMT View Conversation
"Peace Train" is the title of a 1971 hit song by Cat Stevens, taken from his album Teaser and the Firecat. The song climbed to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the we...read more
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948 in London, England),[2] originally and commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British musician. He ...read more
FurKan: Now I've been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
Now I've been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on now peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on now peace train
Get your bags together, go bring your good friends too
Cause it's getting nearer, it soon will be with you
Now come and join the living, it's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer, soon it will all be true
Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on now peace train
Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating, why can't we live in bliss
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on now peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on peace train
Yes, it's the peace train
Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:41:33 GMT
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British musician. He is a singer-songw...read more
FurKan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiiZrZ...
Where do the children play.. a lovely song =)
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:34:44 GMT View Conversation
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948 in London, England),[2] originally and commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British musician. He ...read more
Where Do the Children Play? is a song by British folk-rock musician Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam. It was the opening track of the album Tea for the Tille...read more
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British musician. He is a singer-songw...read more
