The year 1971 could very well be music's best ever, and as it was the most commercially and creatively significant time of his career, Cat Stevens is a big reason why. After toiling as a songwriter in ...

While "Wild World" may be Cat Stevens best-known song, by no means is it the only classic. However, that song, like the other songs on this list, came from an authentic place in Stevens' life. There ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Cat Stevens’s “Oh Very Young ...

Two separate near-death experiences have had a monumental impact on Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam's life, both spiritually and creatively.

You know a song is something special when it can become a hit several times over in wildly disparate styles. “Wild World”, the touching song by Cat Stevens that he first released in 1970, enjoyed that ...

This fall, Yusuf/Cat Stevens will release his long-awaited memoir, Cat on the Road to Findout, paired with a North American book tour. Now, he’s announced an accompanying greatest hits compilation, ...

Inspiration can strike from anywhere, and Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens' "Morning Has Broken" was first penned as a religious children's hymn in 1931 before it became a hit folk-pop track. The '70s had ...

In 1971, "Peace Train" offered listeners a hopeful vision of unity and optimism that continues to resonate more than five decades later. The song became one of Cat Stevens' most enduring hits and a ...

People often think of The Great American Songbook as the source for the songs known as standards. But that doesn’t quite cover the story. Pop music has produced its share of standards as well, songs ...