Height: 1.78 M
Born In: Marylebone
Father: Stavros Georgiou
Mother: Ingrid Wickman
Siblings: Anita Georgiou, David Georgiou
Spouse/Ex-Spouse: Fawzia Ali
Children: Aminah Yusuf, Hasanah Yusuf, Yoriyos
1- Cat Stevens was born in London, England on July 21, 1948.
3- His 1972 album Catch Bull at Four spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard 200
4- He is a talented painter. He painted the images used on his albums Teaser And The Firecat, Tea For The Tillerman and Mona Bone Jakon.
5- His parents divorced when he was eight, but continued to live above their restaurant, Moulin Rouge. The children often helped by working in the restaurant after coming back from the St Joseph Roman Catholic Primary School where they studied.
6- His 1967 debut album reached the top 10 in the UK,
7- He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014
8- His album ‘Izitso’ came out in 1977 and had extensive use of synthesizers. The techno-pop tracks developed by music sequencers proved to be a precursor to the 1980s electric music genre.
9- His first musical instrument was the family’s baby grand piano. Thrilled by The Beatles, he bought a £8 guitar at the age of 15 and began playing and writing songs.
10- In 2007 he received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
11- In December 1977, Stevens converted to Islam, and he adopted the name Yusuf Islam the following year
12- Stevens’ albums Tea for the Tillerman (1970) and Teaser and the Firecat (1971) were both certified triple platinum in the US by the RIAA
13- In 2006, he returned to pop music – releasing his first album of new pop songs in 28 years, titled An Other Cup
14- Yusuf Islam has founded multiple Islamic schools in the United Kingdom: the Islamia Primary School, the Islamia Girls School, and Brondesbury College. He once stated that, “Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah.”
15- He performed at the Nelson Mandela’s 46664 concert in 2003; his first English performance after a 25 year hiatus. He re-recorded ‘Peace Train’ along with David Bowie and Paul McCartney.
16- He won the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award in 2005 and 2006, and the ECHO “Special Award for Life Achievements as a Musician and Ambassador Between Cultures”, in 2007.
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