Cat Stevens Picture and Photo Gallery:

Called "the archetypal sensitive singer/songwriter" by Rolling Stone Magazine, Cat Stevens was one of the most successful artists of the early 70s, racking up hit after hit before converting to Islam and disappearing from the music scene for over thirty years. Born in London to a Swedish mother and a Greek father on July 21 1947, Steven Demetre Georgiou became interested in music in his teens, began performing under the name Steve Adams in 1965, and eventually became known to the world as songwriter and singer Cat Stevens.