"I wrote these lyrics more than 50 years ago, and I know the words still boom as true and loud today as they did in the 1970s," the singer-songwriter told PEOPLE Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the ...

In the 1960s, a songwriter lauded by Bob Dylan and an influence on Cat Stevens created some incredible and frequently covered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here's how Cat Stevens used to get high before a show: "You need to loosen up before going on stage. So to have a drink beforehand ...

Yusuf/Cat Stevens isn't down with cancel culture. The legendary singer and songwriter, 77, who rose to stardom during the '70s with beloved songs like "Father and Son," "Wild World," and "Peace Train, ...

Cat Stevens released a cover of The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” in 2023. Stevens saw a parallel between himself and “Here Comes the Sun” writer George Harrison. Stevens admired George as a musician ...

Cat Stevens had already released one album in 1970, Mona Bone Jakon back in April, when Tea for the Tillerman arrived on Nov. 23, 1970. And almost immediately, things changed for the 22-year-old ...

On Yusuf / Cat Stevens new song “All Nights, All Days,” from his upcoming album King of a Land, out June 16, 2023, he questions what would happen in the world if he shook things up a bit. “I like to ...

You know a song is something special when it can become a hit several times over in wildly disparate styles. “Wild World”, the touching song by Cat Stevens that he first released in 1970, enjoyed that ...

From the opening strum of "The Wind" to the closing notes of the classic "Peace Train," Steven's fifth album, Teaser and the Firecat, remains one of his strongest works. The LP spawned three worldwide ...

Singer was set to tour in support of his book, Cat on the Road to Findout, out in the US in October Cat Stevens, who also goes by Yusuf Islam, has postponed the North American leg of his book tour due ...

Classic rock and Broadway crossed paths more than you might think. For example, Cat Stevens’ “Father and Son” was initially meant for a musical based on major historical events. It’s for the best that ...

Cat Stevens is not interested in discussing his previous remarks about novelist Salman Rushdie. Stevens was asked if he would attend an effigy burning of Rushdie during an interview with a British TV ...