History Music / CatStevens

* RefugeInAudacity: Writing a song called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun"]] during the "Summer Of Love" ''and'' in England, where handguns are illegal for private citizens to own, surely counts as this.

* BigRottenApple: "New York Times" paints a very bleak picture of New York City, [[LyricalDissonance in contrast to the bouncy synths]].

* PopStarComposer: Contributed music from his ''Mona Bone Jakon'' and ''Tea for the Tillerman'' albums to Film/HaroldAndMaude, as well as two original songs "Don't Be Shy" and "If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out".

** Several albums he recorded as Yusuf Islam (labelled as "Spiritual Albums" on Wikipedia but still actual studio albums in all but name and format) are basically spiritual messages on Islam.

** ''Matthew and Son'' and ''New Masters'' are basically baroque pop, popular at the time.

* ConcertFilm: Majikat, which features him performing on his Earth Tour 1976. However, he left the music business a year and a half later, [[DevelopmentHell leaving the footage unedited and unreleased for 38 years]].

** ''Numbers'', ''Izitso'' and ''Back to Earth'' are synth-pop.

* OldManConversationSong: "Father and Son" is about a father passing down some life advice to his son who is about to move away.

* BadassBeard: Apropos for someone called Cat, he had some fairly impressive whiskers.

* LooksLikeJesus: Resembled a slightly darker Jesus during the 1970s.

* CloudCuckooLander: Has a couple moments in Majikat, like claiming that "Peace Train" was inspired by the chin of Creator/AlfredHitchcock and that loving Hitchcock could lead to a better world. Earler in the show, he interrupts his own rambling to assure the audience that he isn't stoned.

* BadassBeard:

* ''The Laughing Apple'' (2017)

Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens (born July 21, 1948 as Steven Demetre Georgiou) is a British-born SingerSongwriter, known for performing in many genres mostly folk, rock, pop and [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} Islamic music]].

Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens (born July 21, 1948 as Steven Demetre Georgiou) is a British-born SingerSongwriter, known for his many genres mostly folk, rock, pop and UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}.

Cat Stevens was a highly successful artist through the early seventies, his popularity faded by the end of the seventies around his 1978 album ''Back to Earth'', his first record after his 1977 Islam conversion. He eventually changed his name to Yusuf Islam and left the music world for 20 years; he returned in 1998 to do a series of Muslim-themed albums, then re-entered the pop field with ''An Other Cup'' in 2006. He still performs today.

Cat Stevens was a highly successful artist through the early seventies, his popularity faded by the end of the seventies around his 1978 album ''Back to Earth'', his first record after his 1977 Islam conversion. He eventually changed his name to Yusuf Islam and left the music world for 20 years; he returned in 1998 to do a series of Muslim-themed albums, but re-entered the pop field with ''An Other Cup'' in 2006. He still performs today.

!!!Religious albums, all released under the name Yusuf Islam

Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens (born July 21, 1948 as Steven Demetre Georgiou) is a British-born singer, known for his many genres mostly folk, rock, pop and Islam.

Cat Stevens was a highly successful artist through the early seventies, his popularity faded by the end of the seventies around his 1978 album ''Back to Earth'', his first record after his 1977 UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} conversion. He eventually changed his name to Yusuf Islam and left the music world for 20 years; he returned in 1998 to do a series of albums about his faith,. still performs today.

Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens (born July 21, 1948 as Steven Demetre Georgiou) is a British-born singer, known for his many genres mostly folk, rock, pop and Islam.

[[caption-width-right:350:Oh baby baby, it's a wild world]]

Cat Stevens was a highly successful artist through the early seventies, his popularity faded by the end of the seventies around his 1978 album Back to Earth, his first record after his 1977 Islam conversion, Cat Stevens continued to prefer less poppier stuff and as of 2021, still performs today.

!Cat Stevens provides examples of
* AlliterativeTitle: "Wild World"
* IHaveManyNames: "Cat Stevens", "Yusuf Islam", "Steve Adams", "Yusuf"; his most recent albums have credited him as "Yusuf/Cat Stevens".

* IHaveManyNames: "Cat Stevens", "Yusuf Islam", "Steve Adams", "Yusuf"

* AlliterativeTitle:" Wild World"

'''Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens''' (born July 21, 1948) is a British-born singer, known for his many genres mostly folk, rock, pop and Islam.

* AWorldHalfFull: "Moonshadow"

* TrainSong: "Peace Train"