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Yusuf Islam .. Top 10 Cat Stevens Songs

"RNsidersbuying, your Islamophobic bigotry foments hate and division..."

By Michael Gallucci

IMAGE of the man .. Hulton Archive, Getty Images

Between being Steven Demetre Georgiou and Yusuf Islam, he was Cat Stevens. And the British singer-songwriter made the most of his short time under that name, recording a series of increasingly mature records from the late ’60s through the mid ’70s. He started out as a songwriter for hire whose own records were adorned with super-busy arrangements enforced by record-company execs. After a brush with death, he emerged as a folksinger with a world-humanitarian streak. He 1977 he converted to Islam and changed his name, pretty much ending his career at that point. A dozen years later he resurfaced when he made some comments that seemed to support a fatwa against writer Salman Rushdie. He later clarified his statements, saying he was misinterpreted. Our list of the Top 10 Cat Stevens Songs focuses on the positive moments.

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9 “Hard Headed Woman”
From: ‘Tea for the Tillerman’ (1970)

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2 “Peace Train”
From: ‘Teaser and the Firecat’ (1971)

Stevens’ first Top 10 hit and one of his most popular songs was also the one to take the biggest hit when the backlash began following his remarks in 1989 about the death fatwa against author Salman Rushdie. Indie band 10,000 Maniacs even pulled their cover of “Peace Train” from one of their albums in protest. Whatever Stevens’ (or rather, Yusuf Islam’s) intentions were, the song remains a highlight of his career and a wonderful song of global peace, love and hope.

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Cat Stevens - Peace Train

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Published on Apr 4, 2017

Track 5 (side two) from the album, "Teaser and the Firecat" (1971)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJAFu-MmTJs

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/cat-stevens-songs/