About
Born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948, he rose to international fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s under the stage name Cat Stevens with landmark albums such as Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat. He converted to Islam in 1977 and performed for many years as Yusuf/Yusuf Islam before returning to secular recording in 2006; he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 and has sold over 100 million records worldwide.
