Stevens, Cat
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| Birthname | Georgiou, Steven Demitri | ||
| born on | 21 July 1948 at 12:00 (= 12:00 noon ) | ||
| Place | London, England, 51n30, 0w10 | ||
| Timezone | GDT h1e (is daylight saving time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   28°34'   02°30 Asc. 09°50'
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Biography
British musician who began releasing gold albums in 1971. A singer, pianist, guitarist and songwriter, he first appeared as a clean cut teen-age idol. After a pause due to an illness of TB in 1968 and depression, he returned as a shaggy singer and writer of songs with considerable depth and meaning, accomplishing over 25 million records sold.
His spiritual conversion came after nearly drowning at a Malibu beach in 1974, making a deal with God, "Oh, God, if you save me, I'll work for you."
On 11/22/1979, he gave his last performance, giving up his music for the Muslim religion. Stevens changed his name to Yusuf Islam, married a Muslim woman, Fawzia Ali, in the formal tradition and had five children.
Residing in London with his wife of 19 years (as of 1998), Islam owns a hotel that caters to the Muslims.
At the age of 50, Yusuf Islam is promoting an album "I Have No Cannons That Roar" as a benefit to victims of the civil war in Bosnia. Some people see this as a comeback to music, but Islam states "but there is nothing about the music industry that interests me." At least 350,000 copies sold of his 1995 recording of "The Life of the Last Prophet."
Islam was robbed of $33,000 by Macedonian border guards when they were trying to enter the country with the funds to distribute to Kosovar refugees.
This musician returned to the Royal Albert Hall in London, the first time in over 25 years, to give one of his rare live concerts on October 20, 2003. The concert, a charitable event, was in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Islamia Schools, which he founded. Earlier this year, Islam re-recorded his classic 'Peace Train' for a new album entitled "Hope," and he was nominated for the World Social Award for his humanitarian work with children.
On September 22, 2004, the singer, whose name is now Yusuf Islam, was denied entry into the United States. The plane which he had been allowed to board was en route from London to Washington, but it was diverted to Maine where US officials interviewed Stevens and then arranged for his return to London later that day. As their reason for denying entry, US officials cited that the singer’s name was on one of the country’s "watch lists."
Events
- Work : Retired 22 November 1979 (Gave last performance)
- Health : Medical diagnosis 1968 (Tuberculosis, depression)
- Misc. : Changed Name 1978 (To Yusif Islam, accepted the Muslim faith)
- Misc. : Trauma from Nature 1974 at 12:00 midnight in Malibu, CA (Experienced a near-drowning)
- Work : New Job 1966 (Began his singing career)
- Financial : Lose significant money 10 April 1999 (Robbed of $33,000 by border guards)
- Work : Gain social status 20 October 2003 (public concert to raise money for humanitarian cause)
- Work : Lose social status 22 September 2004 (denied entry to United States)
Source Notes
Ruth Dewey quotes Richard West "from him." (The chart was originally published in a now-defunct underground paper.)
Categories
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Piano, guitar)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Tuberculosis
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Gold albums)
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Depression (Along with illness)
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Five)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Child performer (Clean-cut teen idol)
- Vocation : Business : Business owner (Hotel in London, catering to Muslims)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Philanthropist (Album to benefit war victims in Bosnia)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Muslim formal tradition)
- Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Western (Muslim)
