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Steven Demetre Georgiou<\/strong> was born on July 21, 1948<\/strong> in London<\/strong>, in the Soho<\/strong> district. Of Greek-Cypriot<\/strong> and Swedish<\/strong> descent, he grew up above his parents\u2019 restaurant. He adopted the stage name Cat Stevens<\/strong> and achieved his first successes in 1966<\/strong> with “I Love My Dog”<\/strong> and “Matthew and Son”<\/strong>, becoming a British teen idol<\/strong> at the age of 18<\/strong>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|300|||||||” text_font_size=”16px” header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”36px” header_2_font=”–et_global_heading_font|300|||||||” header_2_text_color=”#ddab05″ header_2_font_size=”24px” text_orientation=”justified” background_layout=”dark” width=”100%” width_tablet=”” width_phone=”100%” width_last_edited=”on|phone” module_alignment=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n After suffering from tuberculosis<\/strong> in 1968<\/strong>, which forced him into a year of recovery and led him into deep introspection, he returned transformed with landmark albums: Mona Bone Jakon (1970)<\/strong>, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)<\/strong>, and Teaser and the Firecat (1971)<\/strong>. Songs such as “Wild World”<\/strong>, “Peace Train”<\/strong>, “Father and Son”<\/strong>, and “Morning Has Broken”<\/strong> became timeless classics. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.matts-guitar-shop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cat-stevens-biographie-02.webp” alt=”Cat Stevens Biography” title_text=”cat-stevens-biographie-02″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|300|||||||” text_font_size=”16px” header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”36px” header_2_font=”–et_global_heading_font|300|||||||” header_2_text_color=”#ddab05″ header_2_font_size=”24px” text_orientation=”justified” background_layout=”dark” width=”100%” width_tablet=”” width_phone=”100%” width_last_edited=”on|phone” module_alignment=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n In 1977<\/strong>, after a near-drowning experience<\/strong> in the Pacific that deepened his faith, he converted to Islam<\/strong> and adopted the name Yusuf Islam<\/strong>. He left the music industry for nearly 25 years<\/strong>, dedicating himself to education and philanthropy, and founding Islamic schools<\/strong> in the United Kingdom. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|300|||||||” text_font_size=”16px” link_font=”||||||||” link_text_align=”justify” header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”36px” header_2_font=”–et_global_heading_font|300|||||||” header_2_text_color=”#ddab05″ header_2_font_size=”24px” text_orientation=”justified” background_layout=”dark” width=”100%” width_tablet=”” width_phone=”100%” width_last_edited=”on|phone” module_alignment=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Cat Stevens is associated with the Gibson J-160E<\/strong> (the same acoustic-electric guitar used by The Beatles) as well as various Guild<\/strong> and Martin<\/strong> acoustic guitars.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Folk Pop to Spirituality \u2013 Yusuf IslamOrigins and Early Years Steven Demetre Georgiou was born on July 21, 1948 in London, in the Soho district. Of Greek-Cypriot and Swedish descent, he grew up above his parents\u2019 restaurant. He adopted the stage name Cat Stevens and achieved his first successes in 1966 with “I Love […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36526,"parent":24295,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36594","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Folk Golden Age<\/h2>\n
His music, carried by a gentle voice and rare acoustic beauty, explores spiritual searching<\/strong>, human relationships<\/strong>, and the search for meaning<\/strong>. He sold over 60 million albums<\/strong> during this period and became one of the most respected songwriters in the world.<\/p>\nConversion and Return<\/h2>\n
He returned to music in 2006<\/strong> with the album An Other Cup<\/strong> and resumed worldwide touring under the name Yusuf \/ Cat Stevens<\/strong>. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame<\/strong> in 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\nSignature Guitar<\/h2>\n