In 1971, Cat Stevens broke through in a big way and climbed the charts with "Wild World," "Peace Train," "Moonshadow," and more.

"Wild World" is arguably Cat Stevens most well-known song, but songs like "Father and Son" and "Moonshadow" may be among his other best songs.

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 ...

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 ...

Before Cat Stevens/ Yusuf Islam made it big as a musician, he was a teenager hoping to get his demos heard when he created "The First Cut is the Deepest," which would become a chart hit for artists ...

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 ...