query: who played piano on cat stevens morning has broken

pos: Morning Has Broken written by Mary MacDonald. The English-language Roman Catholic hymnal also uses the tune for the James Quinn hymns, "Christ Be Beside Me" and "This Day God Gives Me", both of which were adapted from the traditional Irish hymn "St. Patrick's Breastplate". Another Christian hymn, "Baptized In Water", borrows the tune. Writing credit for "Morning Has Broken" has occasionally been erroneously attributed to Cat Stevens, who popularised the song abroad. The familiar piano arrangement on Stevens' recording was composed and performed by Rick Wakeman, a classically trained keyboardist best known for his tenure in the English progressive rock band Yes. When

pos: Yes (band) Minimoog synthesizer, preferring to stick exclusively to piano and Hammond organ. At the time of Kaye's departure, Yes had already found their new keyboardist – Rick Wakeman, a classically trained player who had left the folk rock group Strawbs earlier in the year. He was already a noted studio musician, with credits including T. Rex, David Bowie, Cat Stevens and Elton John. Squire commented that he could play "a grand piano for three bars, a Mellotron for two bars and a Moog for the next one absolutely spot on", which gave Yes the orchestral and choral textures that befitted their

neg: Rick Wakeman album, Wakeman resumed session work to help pay for his new home in West Harrow. He bought a Minimoog synthesizer at half price from actor Jack Wild, who thought that it was defective because it only played one note at a time. Wakeman played the piano on "Morning Has Broken" by Cat Stevens for his 1971 album, "Teaser and the Firecat". Wakeman was omitted from the credits and for many years, was never paid for it; Stevens later apologised and paid Wakeman for the error. Wakeman played further sessions in 1971, including "Get It On" by T. Rex, three tracks

neg: Morning Has Broken section, the closing section and, if possible, a middle section as well. Wakeman told Stevens he could not as it was his piece destined for a solo album, but Stevens persuaded him to adapt his composition. The familiar piano intro and general structure of the piece may be attributed to Stevens or to Wakeman. In 2000, Wakeman released an instrumental version of "Morning Has Broken" on an album of the same title. That same year he gave an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live in which he said he had agreed to perform on the Cat Stevens track for £10

neg: Morning Has Broken of piano arrangements, "Piano Portraits". The song changes keys back and forth four times. The first, second, and fourth verses of the song are played in C major, while the instrumental introduction, third verse, and the instrumental ending are played in D major. Although some sources report that the song was released on Floyd Cramer's 1961 album "Last Date", discographies of the artist demonstrate that the song is not on that album. In fact, Cramer did not record the song until 1972, when he used the arrangement that he attributed to Cat Stevens. The song has been recorded by numerous

neg: Morning Has Broken Morning Has Broken "Morning Has Broken" is a popular and well-known Christian hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and was inspired by the village of Alfriston in East Sussex, then set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune known as "Bunessan" (it shares this tune with the 19th century Christmas Carol "Child in the Manger"). It is often sung in children's services and in funeral services. English pop musician and folk singer Cat Stevens included a version on his 1971 album "Teaser and the Firecat". The song became identified with Stevens due to the

neg: Bunessan (hymn tune) editors of the hymn book "Songs of Praise" requested Eleanor Farjeon to write a further hymn text to the tune. This was "Morning Has Broken", and since 1931 the tune has become most familiarly identified with this hymn. In 1971, a version of "Morning Has Broken" was recorded by British singer Cat Stevens, helping popularize the tune. Bunessan (hymn tune) Bunessan is a hymn tune originally associated with the Christmas carol "Child in the Manger". It is named for the village of Bunessan in the Ross of Mull. Mary M. Macdonald (Màiri Dhòmhnallach in Scottish Gaelic) (1789–1872), who lived in

neg: Anni-Frid Lyngstad for many years, as they had long been good friends. The album opens with her rendition of the traditional tune "Morning Has Broken", popularized by Cat Stevens. This song by Cat Stevens, is a favourite for Frida and the song was also on the playlist in the church for Frida and Prince Ruzzo's wedding on 26 August 1992. On 16 February 2011, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a 45-minute play featuring Frida and the play's writer, long term fan and performer Christopher Green. The play, "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room", was billed as "a story about love. The unconditional

neg: Catch Bull at Four by the lack of a single track comparable to "Morning Has Broken" from "Teaser and the Firecat". All songs written by Cat Stevens except as noted. Production Catch Bull at Four Catch Bull at Four is the sixth studio album by Cat Stevens. In the United States it spent three weeks at number one on "Billboard"'s album chart. The title is taken from one of the Ten Bulls of Zen. The song "Sitting" was released as a single in 1973, reaching 16 on the Hot 100 Charts. It's a song about meditation, and the apprehensions that may result from the

neg: Teaser and the Firecat Teaser and the Firecat Teaser and the Firecat is the fifth studio album by Cat Stevens, released in 1971. The album contains 10 songs including the hits "Morning Has Broken", "Moonshadow" and "Peace Train". It is also the title of a children's book written and illustrated by Stevens. The story features the title characters from the album cover, top-hatted young Teaser and his pet, Firecat, who attempt to put the moon back in its place after it falls from the sky. Published in 1972, the book has been out of print since the mid-1970s. The album was a commercial success,

neg: Cat Stevens and the Firecat" album reached number two and achieved gold record status within three weeks of its release in the United States. It yielded several hits, including "Peace Train", "Morning Has Broken", and "Moonshadow". This album was also certified by the RIAA as a Multi-Platinum record in 2001, with over 3 million sold in the United States through that time. When interviewed on a Boston radio station, Stevens said about "Teaser and the Firecat": I get the tune and then I just keep on singing the tune until the words come out from the tune. It's kind of a hypnotic

neg: Cat Stevens the "Billboard" 200, and fifteen weeks at number one in the Australian ARIA Charts. He earned two ASCAP songwriting awards in 2005 and 2006 for "The First Cut Is the Deepest", and the song has been a hit for four artists. His other hit songs include "Father and Son", "Wild World", "Peace Train", "Moonshadow", and "Morning Has Broken". In 2007 he received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. In December 1977, Stevens converted to Islam, and he adopted the name Yusuf Islam the following year. In 1979, he auctioned

neg: Morning Has Broken shaping "Morning Has Broken" for recording, Stevens started with a hymn, which took around 45 seconds to sing in its basic form. Producer Paul Samwell-Smith told him he could never put something like that on an album, and that it had to be at least three minutes, though an acoustic demo of an early Stevens version lasts almost three minutes. Prior to the actual recording Stevens heard Wakeman play something in the recording booth. It was a rough sketch of what would later become "Catherine Howard". Stevens told Wakeman that he liked it and wanted something similar as the opening

neg: Music of Sussex carol "Good King Wenceslas". The words to the hymn "Morning Has Broken", later a hit for Cat Stevens, were written by Eleanor Farjeon from her Alfriston home, inspired by the Sussex countryside. The village of Wadhurst gives its name to a hymn written by Michael Tippett. Inspired by the view across the English Channel from Selsey towards Bognor Regis, "By the Sleepy Lagoon" by Eric Coates has been used by BBC Radio 4 as the opening theme music for "Desert Island Discs" since 1942. Coates lived on the Manhood peninsula, initially at Selsey and later at Sidlesham. Best known for

neg: WCKL-FM an air talent on WDAI Chicago and then a Program Director for WWDC in Washington, D.C. and WCKG-FM Chicago) appeared on WSDM in the mid-1970s. Davis made the transition from WSDM to the WLUP airstaff when the format changed in 1977. The call sign was changed to WLUP on March 14, 1977. The station rebranded as ""The Loop FM98"" referring to the nickname of Chicago's central business district. The first song on ""The Loop"" was "Morning Has Broken" by Cat Stevens. WLUP programmed a low-key female-friendly AOR format. J. Blackburn was Program Director and Tommy O'Toole served as the station's

neg: Gold (Cat Stevens album) "On the Road to Find Out" box set tried to accomplish over four."[]. Like the box set five years earlier, Islam actively participated in the compilation of the anthology. Given both the extensive track listing and the presence of a new Stevens recording (the first on which he has played guitar since he stopped recording under his stage name), this compilation apparently makes previous non-box set compilations of Stevens' work redundant and incomplete. All songs written by Cat Stevens except where noted. "Indian Ocean" is credited under Stevens' current legal name, Yusuf Islam. Gold (Cat Stevens album) Gold is a

neg: Circles (The New Seekers album) UK singles chart, becoming one of their biggest-selling releases and remaining on the chart for 16 weeks. It is also popularly seen as their finest song according to the group's fans. The album was released soon after and featured a number of notable cover versions, such as "Morning Has Broken" by Cat Stevens, "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan and "Song Sung Blue" by Neil Diamond. Original songs were written by group members Marty Kristian, Peter Doyle and Paul Layton but no further singles were issued from the album. The album itself peaked at #23 in the UK album

neg: Jesus Is Just Alright Murray Head, "Morning Has Broken" by Cat Stevens, "Jubilation" by Paul Anka, "Speak to the Sky" by Rick Springfield, "Jesus Was a Capricorn" by Kris Kristofferson, "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison and "I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star)" by Glen Campbell. The song, along with its B-side, continue to be a staple of playlists on classic rock radio stations. The band first became aware of "Jesus Is Just Alright" after hearing The Byrds' version and before long the song had been added to The Doobie Brothers' own live repertoire. As a result, the song's musical arrangement is

neg: Secular hymn (genre) "Turn! Turn! Turn!" by Pete Seeger (famously covered by the Byrds), "Rivers of Babylon" by Melodians (also covered by Boney M), "Benedictus" by the Strawbs, and "Morning Has Broken", which was originally written as a Christian hymn by Eleanor Farjeon, but only mentions God once in the popular version by Cat Stevens (later known as Yusef Islam). Secular hymn (genre) A secular hymn is a type of non-religious popular song that has elements in common with religious music, especially with Christian hymns. The concept goes back at least as far as 17 BCE when the Roman emperor Augustus commissioned the

neg: Percy Dearmer the "Oxford Book of Carols" (1928). These hymnals have been credited with reintroducing many elements of traditional and medieval English music into the Church of England, as well as carrying that influence well beyond the church. In 1931 an enlarged edition of "Songs of Praise" was published. It is notable for the appearance of the song "Morning Has Broken", commissioned from noted children's author Eleanor Farjeon. The song, later popularised by Cat Stevens, was written by Farjeon to be sung with the traditional Gaelic tune ""Bunessan"". "Songs of Praise" also contained Dearmer's version of "A Great and Mighty Wonder" which

neg: Alfriston "Morning Has Broken" in Alfriston; the hymn is supposedly about the beauty she saw around her in this village. The song was later recorded by Cat Stevens in the 1970s, reaching a wider audience. The 1946 novel "Uneasy Terms" by international best-selling crime and thriller writer Peter Cheyney, is set mainly in and around Alfriston. The private detective Slim Callaghan stays in one of the pubs in Alfriston, which in the novel is called 'The Two Friars', whilst solving a murder at the nearby house 'Dark Spinney', home of the Alardyse family. The author describes the village thus: "Callaghan walked

neg: ABBA she made in Germany in 2004. Many rare clips are included in the set and each performance is explained by Lyngstad herself. The interview with Lyngstad was filmed in the Swiss Alps in mid-2005. Lyngstad returned to the recording studio in 2010 to record vocals for the Cat Stevens song "Morning Has Broken", for Swedish guitarist Georg Wadenius's October 2010 album "Reconnection". The album, which featured other guest vocalists, reached number 17 in the Swedish charts. In May 2013, Fältskog released a solo album entitled "A" through Universal International. In a promotional interview, Fältskog explained that the album was unplanned

neg: Baldwin Piano Company Bartók, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Lukas Foss and John Williams. Baldwin pianos have been used by popular entertainers including Ray Charles, Liberace, Richard Carpenter, Michael Feinstein, Billy Joel, Cat Stevens, and Carly Simon, and jazz pianists Dave Brubeck, George Shearing and Dick Hyman. Amy Lee, the lead vocalist, pianist and keyboardist of Evanescence also uses this brand in most of her compositions, recordings and live performances. A Baldwin piano was seen nightly being played by Paul Shaffer on the "Late Show with David Letterman". Baldwin was the official piano of the television show "Glee". Marian McPartland's long-running radio show "Piano

neg: Foreigner (Cat Stevens album) sit down and have a cup of tea with them. The section that resembles "Viva la Vida" begins at about 14:30 until the end of the 18-minute song. Likewise, the same song segment may have unintentionally been sourced for "Hold Me until the Morning Comes," a 1983 song from Paul Anka and Peter Cetera. All tracks written by Cat Stevens. Foreigner (Cat Stevens album) Foreigner is the seventh studio album released by English singer-songwriter, Cat Stevens in July 1973. In addition to the minor hit "The Hurt", which received a moderate amount of airplay, "Foreigner" also included such songs as

neg: Martin Shaw (composer) the traditional Gaelic hymn-tune "Bunessan" in L. McBean's "Songs and Hymns of the Gael", published in 1900. However, the tune was not included in the "English Hymnal". It was used instead in the second edition of "Songs of Praise" (1931), set to the poem "Morning Has Broken", which Martin Shaw commissioned specially from his old friend Eleanor Farjeon. This tune and words became a No. 1 hit for Cat Stevens in 1972. Martin Shaw also noted down the Czech carol "Rocking" and included it in "The Oxford Book of Carols". The Martin Shaw Archive was acquired by the British Library

neg: Trader Horne (band) at the TV station was warming." "One nice memory of Trader Horne. Appearing on a Grampian TV music programme along with Cat Stevens amongst others. The flight back from Aberdeen was delayed by fog, so Jack and I listened to ‘Tea for the Tillerman’ being virtually written in front of our ears, and singing along with it. That was magical." The album Morning Way was recorded and Brian Patten wrote the sleeve notes. The songs are knitted together with short instrumentals, celeste and flute on one side and piano on the other. A single called "Sheena" was released. Its B-side

neg: Cat Stevens his release from the hospital, Stevens recorded some of his newly written songs on his tape recorder, and played his changing sound for a few new record executives. After hiring agent Barry Krost, who had arranged for an audition with Chris Blackwell of Island Records, Blackwell offered him a "chance to record [his songs] whenever and with whomever he liked, and more importantly to Cat, however he liked". With Krost's recommendation, Stevens signed with Paul Samwell-Smith, previously the bassist of the Yardbirds, to be his new producer. Around this time, Stevens had a catalogue of new songs that reflected his

neg: Cat Stevens Primary School, Macklin Street, which was closer to his father's business on Drury Lane. Georgiou developed an interest in piano at a fairly young age, eventually using the family baby grand piano to work out the chords, since no one else there played well enough to teach him. Inspired by the popularity of the Beatles, at 15 he extended his interest to the guitar, persuaded his father to pay £8 () for his first guitar, and began playing it and writing songs. He would escape at times from his family responsibilities to the rooftop above their home, and listen to

neg: Morning Has Broken and was "shattered" that he was omitted from the credits, adding that he never received the money either. On his return to performance as Yusuf Islam, Stevens made a payment to Wakeman and apologized for the original non-payment, which arose from confusion and a misunderstanding on the record label's part. On a documentary aired on British television Wakeman stated that he felt Stevens's version of "Morning Has Broken" was a very beautiful piece of music that had brought people closer to religious truth. He expressed satisfaction in having contributed to this. Wakeman included a 3:42 version on his 2017 album

neg: Skott Freedman Jewish. Skott Freedman Skott Freedman (born March 22, 1983) is an American singer/songwriter. Freedman is formally trained in piano. Freedman was born and raised in New Jersey. His music makes heavy use of the piano, which has led to regular comparisons with chanteuse Tori Amos. Similar to Amos, Freedman was a child piano prodigy and won statewide competitions while growing up. Freedman has said that repeated bouts of depression during his adolescence inspired him to write his first songs. He cites Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Paula Cole, and Beethoven as major influences. Freedman's music blends pop and folk influences with

neg: Skott Freedman Skott Freedman Skott Freedman (born March 22, 1983) is an American singer/songwriter. Freedman is formally trained in piano. Freedman was born and raised in New Jersey. His music makes heavy use of the piano, which has led to regular comparisons with chanteuse Tori Amos. Similar to Amos, Freedman was a child piano prodigy and won statewide competitions while growing up. Freedman has said that repeated bouts of depression during his adolescence inspired him to write his first songs. He cites Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Paula Cole, and Beethoven as major influences. Freedman's music blends pop and folk influences with a

neg: Rob Lewis (producer) for the morning show "Big Morning Buzz Live" with host Nick Lachey on VH1, and has been featured on the reality TV shows "Wahlburgers", "Donnie Loves Jenny" and "Braxton Family Values". Lewis was born on the south side of Chicago, the youngest child of Anna Lewis, a school teacher, and Robert Samuel Lewis (both deceased). Wanting a life better for her son, Anna enforced education early on. Lewis' mother put him in piano lessons at 5 years of age with acclaimed pianist Tom Stevens. Until 9, Lewis began learning the techniques of reading music and of the piano, although he

neg: Folly (band) and Saints and Sinners Fest (NJ, 2006). Their last CD was released without any ties to the music industry. The seven song EP was a self-released digital EP simply titled "These are the Names of the Places We Broke Down." The titles of the songs are from towns Folly has broken down in over the years. Interesting the last song, 'Sussex, New Jersey', their home town, is a combination of 'The Morning Song' and 'Please Don't Shoot the Piano Player', played entirely on piano. CD's can be purchased on their Myspace page. The EP is also free on http://www.purevolume.com/folly Folly

neg: The Cat Piano desired noise, the Cat Piano produces noise by striking a nail into the tails of one or more cats that are caged in the piano. Immediately after discovering this, the main character rushes to warn the female singer, and arrives seconds too late. His heart broken, the city falls to pieces around him, fights break out, and music becomes forbidden. For a short while, the poet is tortured of thoughts of The Cat Piano, and can't get the sounds of screaming cats out of his head. He motions shooting himself with his hand, and with the word "Snap", we are

neg: Alun Davies (guitarist) for the Tillerman" and "Teaser and the Firecat" both were platinum albums in the United States, and each produced top charting singles. Lauded as Stevens' right-hand man, Davies put off his dreams of solo albums because he insisted that Stevens' work was more essential, and he remained loyal to him, saying he would eventually find time for his own project. In 1972, Davies' at last found the time and opportunity to launch his own solo album. "Daydo" was released in 1972, containing songs written or co-written by Davies, and supported by Stevens on piano with other members of Cat Stevens'

neg: Colin Wood Colin Wood Colin Arthur Wood (born 15 June 1943) is a British musician engaged in the field of jazz and rock music. Wood was born in Camberwell, South East London, & was moved to Somerset in 1950. He played jazz piano while still at school. In 1962 he went to Durham University to study mathematics. In 1965 he moved to London to play with Bill Nile's "Delta Jazz Band" and with Monty Sunshine (1968). He was also playing on rock sessions with The Yardbirds, David Bowie, Cat Stevens, Kevin Coyne and was the keyboardist on two songs included as part

neg: Sarah McLachlan the "" soundtrack. She sang harmonies and played the piano on the song "Don't Let Go" while Sood did the drum work. In 1998, in addition to performing her own set, she performed a cover of Cat Stevens' "Sad Lisa" with rock band Phish at the annual Bridge School Benefit concert in California, hosted by Neil Young. During 1999, she released a live album, "Mirrorball". The album's singles included a new live version of her earlier song, "I Will Remember You", a studio recording of which had previously been released on "The Brothers McMullen" soundtrack as well as "Rarities, B-Sides

neg: A Cat in the Brain death by ripping out a wire from his wife's piano and nearly decapitates her with it. Swharz then heads out again to tail Fulci, who under the influence of hypnosis again, suffers through one more blast of violent imagery and faints in the middle of a field. He comes round the next morning to discover a cat digging up the loosely buried remains of another Swharz victim. As Fulci scrapes soil from the dead features, Inspector Gabrielli appears behind him. Before Fulci can protest his innocence, Gabrielli informs him that Swharz has been shot dead by his men who were

neg: Tayla Alexander Pene and Amitai Pat. She is currently tutored by Frances Wilson ONZM. She currently attends school at Long Bay College on Auckland's North Shore. "Songbird" was produced by Bruce Lynch, who has worked with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens. "Songbird" was released in the New Zealand market in November 2012. In November 2012, around the time of the album's release, Tayla performed two songs from the album, "Hine e Hine" and "A Child Is Born", on TVNZ's "Good Morning" breakfast program. Tayla was selected to sing at the 19th annual Christmas in the Park at the

neg: Dave Stevens (athlete) Dave Stevens (athlete) Dave Stevens (born January 12, 1966) is an athlete and a 7 time Emmy Award winning sports broadcasting professional. Stevens, a congenital amputee, is the only athlete ever to play college football or minor league baseball without legs. Stevens played minor league baseball for the St. Paul Saints in 1996. He was a college athlete at Augsburg College where he played varsity football, baseball and wrestled. While at Augsburg College, Stevens also traveled to Ireland, Australia and New Zealand to play football for team USA. He has been featured on "That's Incredible" (1981) CBS Morning News, The

neg: Cat Stevens friendship continued, however, and when Stevens re-emerged as Yusuf Islam after 27 years, Davies appeared again performing at his side, and has remained there. The first single released from "Mona Bone Jakon" was "Lady D'Arbanville", which Stevens wrote about his young American girlfriend Patti D'Arbanville. The record, with a madrigal sound unlike most music played on pop radio, with sounds of djembes and bass in addition to Stevens' and Davies' guitars, reached number 8 in the UK. It was the first of his hits to get real airplay in the US. It sold over 1 million copies, and was awarded

neg: Cat Stevens joined by several young male singers who sang backing vocals and played a drum, with Islam as lead singer and guitarist. They performed two songs, both half in Arabic, and half in English; "Tala'a Al-Badru Alayna", an old song in Arabic which Islam recorded with a folk sound to it, and another song, "The Wind East and West", which was newly written by Islam and featured a distinct R&B sound. With this performance, Islam began slowly to integrate instruments into both older material from his Cat Stevens era (some with slight lyrical changes) and new songs, both those known to

neg: Back to Earth (Cat Stevens album) Back to Earth (Cat Stevens album) Back to Earth is the eleventh studio album released by the British singer/songwriter Cat Stevens. It's the only album he recorded using the name Cat Stevens after his conversion to Islam in December 1977 (until the release almost 40 years later (in September 2017) of "The Laughing Apple", his fifteenth studio album credited to "Cat Stevens/Yusuf"). It was also the last album of contemporary western music that he recorded until "An Other Cup", nearly 30 years later. On 8 December 1977 Stevens was awarded the "Sun Peace Award" by the Symphony for the United

neg: Sufjan Stevens Scrooged", a Christmas-themed hip-hop mixtape featuring music from "Silver & Gold". In 2012, Stevens' mother Carrie died of stomach cancer. His process of grieving and coming to terms with their relationship led to the songwriting on his 2015 album "Carrie & Lowell". As a part of Joyful Noise's 2013 Flexi Disc Series, Stevens and Cat Martino, of Stranger Cat, recorded the single "Take the Time". Martino has contributed to many of Stevens' past projects including "The Age of Adz". On March 18, 2014, Stevens released the self-titled album, "Sisyphus", with Son Lux, and the rapper Serengeti. On January 12, 2015,

neg: Trouble (Cat Stevens song) is used in the scene of Maude's impending death, with her devoted young lover heartbroken over the turn of events. Trouble (Cat Stevens song) "Trouble" is a song written by the English singer-songwriter and musician, Cat Stevens, during a period from 1969 to 1970. Stevens was recovering during what amounted to nearly a year of convalescence, after being diagnosed with a collapsed lung and tuberculosis. He spent three months in King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, England, transferring afterward to another nine months of bedrest at home. Stevens, who was near death at the time he was admitted in the hospital,

neg: Trouble (Cat Stevens song) Trouble (Cat Stevens song) "Trouble" is a song written by the English singer-songwriter and musician, Cat Stevens, during a period from 1969 to 1970. Stevens was recovering during what amounted to nearly a year of convalescence, after being diagnosed with a collapsed lung and tuberculosis. He spent three months in King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, England, transferring afterward to another nine months of bedrest at home. Stevens, who was near death at the time he was admitted in the hospital, used the time he was recuperating for contemplation, and wrote dozens of songs, including "Trouble", many of which were recorded

neg: Greatest Hits (Cat Stevens album) two Greatest Hits (Cat Stevens album) Greatest Hits is a 1975 compilation album by Cat Stevens. It reached #2 in the UK Albums Chart and peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200. Though made up mostly of tracks from his five previous studio albums, "Cat Stevens' Greatest Hits" did contain one new song, "Two Fine People", which was also released as a single in 1975, and the previous non-album single, "Another Saturday Night". Both singles charted at No. 33 and No. 6, respectively, on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart. All tracks by Cat Stevens, unless otherwise noted. Side one

neg: Greatest Hits (Cat Stevens album) Greatest Hits (Cat Stevens album) Greatest Hits is a 1975 compilation album by Cat Stevens. It reached #2 in the UK Albums Chart and peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200. Though made up mostly of tracks from his five previous studio albums, "Cat Stevens' Greatest Hits" did contain one new song, "Two Fine People", which was also released as a single in 1975, and the previous non-album single, "Another Saturday Night". Both singles charted at No. 33 and No. 6, respectively, on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart. All tracks by Cat Stevens, unless otherwise noted. Side one Side

neg: Waiting for God (Red Dwarf) sacred laws of which Lister himself has broken four (he says that he would have broken the fifth, except that there was not a sheep on board). Later, the Cat, recently returned from what he describes as "investigating", leaves again. Lister follows him, deep into the cargo hold. There Lister discovers an old blind cat priest, the only one of their race left other than Cat, who is dying and proclaims that he has lost his faith, feeling that he has wasted his life following Cloister. The priest takes his hat off, asking Cat to burn it. Lister shows up

neg: Cat Stevens album, "Matthew and Son". An accompanying single, called "Heaven/Where True Love Goes", was also released. The album was produced with Rick Nowels, who has worked with Dido and Rod Stewart. The performer is noted as "Yusuf", with a cover label identifying him as "the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens". The art on the album is credited to Yoriyos. Islam wrote all of the songs except "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and recorded it in the United States and the United Kingdom. Islam actively promoted this album, appearing on radio, television and in print interviews. In November 2006, he told

neg: Broken Down Heart Alan Merrill. The record was a follow up to a top 30 UK chart hit by Arrows titled My Last Night With You, also written by Roger Ferris.<br> John Bundrick played piano on "Broken Down Heart," Chris Spedding played the guitar, and drums were by Clem Cattini. The only Arrows band member actually contributing on "Broken Down Heart" was lead singer Alan Merrill, who also played bass on the track. Broken Down Heart "Broken Down Heart" was the a song with the dubious distinction of first being on the A-side, and then subsequently flipped to the B-side of a 45

neg: The Whiles Colin Blunstone's finest work, Eric Matthews and the pop sensibilities of Tommy Keene, early Cat Stevens and The Byrds." The band has released three full-length LPs on the Anyway Records label. Prout left after the release of the debut album, "Colors of the Year" (2004). After the release of "Sleepers Wake" (2007), family responsibilities put the band on hold until 2012, when The Whiles released the album, "Somber Honey". The Whiles are working on a new album. The band has opened for national acts, including Andrew Bird, My Morning Jacket and The National. The song "Song for Jerry" (from "Colors

neg: Matthew and Son Matthew and Son "Matthew and Son" is a single written, composed, and performed by Cat Stevens. It was selected as the title song for his 1967 debut album. Stevens was a newly signed teenage singer-songwriter, who performed to elaborate arrangements quite different from the skiffle which had, in part, inspired him to begin writing and performing. The song remains Cat Stevens' highest charting single in the British Isles, reaching Number 2 in the UK and Number 3 in Ireland in early 1967. The song, according to Stevens, took its name from the tailor, Henry Matthews, who made suits for Stevens,

neg: The Laughing Apple The Laughing Apple The Laughing Apple is the fifteenth studio album by Yusuf/Cat Stevens. The album was released on 15 September 2017 by Cat-O-Log Records. It is Yusuf's fourth mainstream release since his return to music and his first one since 2014's acclaimed "Tell 'Em I'm Gone". The album was produced by Yusuf/Cat Stevens & Paul Samwell-Smith. Its title is a reference to one of Cat Stevens' earlier hits, "The Laughing Apple" that was included in his 1967 album "New Masters". It would be the first album with his former name (Cat Stevens) included on an album since his "Back

neg: The Very Best of Cat Stevens The Very Best of Cat Stevens The Very Best of Cat Stevens is the title of a compilation album by Cat Stevens. There are multiple albums released with this title. The first was released by Polygram on its recently acquired Island Records label in January 1990. Its cover picture appears to be a reference to the "Teaser and the Firecat" album cover; both feature a boy in a top hat, "Teaser", accompanied by an orange cat, "Firecat", beside a fence with a full moon overhead. A compilation album with the same title was released in 2000 on the A&M and

neg: Cat Stevens to assist children affected by the current Syrian refugee crisis. On 15 September 2017, Islam released his fifteenth studio album, "The Laughing Apple". The album is credited to "Cat Stevens / Yusuf" and is his first record under the Cat Stevens name since "Back to Earth" in 1978. The album earned him his first nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Folk Album. In July 2018, Stevens signed with BMG Rights Management, which will publish his songwriting credits worldwide and distribute nine of his studio albums. Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage

neg: Geoff Edwards resigned to focus on his TV career. He later worked at KFI from 1987 to 1989 but he ultimately resigned, as a protest against fellow KFI personality Tom Leykis, destroying Cat Stevens' (Yusuf Islam) records following Stevens' call for a fatwa on Salman Rushdie. Most recently, Edwards was a morning DJ with KSUR (now KKGO) in Los Angeles. One of the features of his radio show was "Radio's Answer Lady," in which listeners could call in with questions — some serious, some not so serious — and he would answer on the air, sometimes with serious answers, sometimes with quips.

neg: Cat Stevens the charts and in ongoing sales, although they did not touch the success he had from 1970 to 1973. In 1973, Stevens moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a tax exile from the United Kingdom, however, he later donated the money to UNESCO. During that time he created the album "Foreigner", which was a departure from the music that had brought him to the height of his fame. It differed in several respects: entirely written by Stevens, he dropped his band and produced the record without the assistance of Samwell-Smith, who had played a large role in catapulting him

neg: Cat Stevens' comments about Salman Rushdie Some commentators have concluded that the character "Bilal X" in Rushdie's book is a caricature of Yusuf Islam. The fictional character Bilal X, a successful African-American former pop singer who has converted to Islam, is portrayed by Rushdie as the "favoured lieutenant" of "the Imam", a character based on the Shia Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Bilal X's "well-nourished, highly trained" voice serves as "a weapon of the West turned against its makers." Cat Stevens' comments about Salman Rushdie Following Ayatollah Khomeini's 14 February 1989 death fatwa against author Salman Rushdie, after the publication of Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses", Yusuf Islam,

neg: Cat Stevens newer labels did the same, and he himself released compilations. The most successful of the compilation albums was the 1975 "Greatest Hits" which has sold over 4 million copies in the United States. In May 2003 he received his first Platinum Europe Award from the IFPI for "Remember Cat Stevens, The Ultimate Collection", indicating over one million European sales. While on holiday in Marrakesh, Morocco, Stevens was intrigued by the sound of the Aḏhān, the Islamic ritual call to prayer, which was explained to him as "music for God". Stevens said, "I thought, music for God? I'd never heard that

neg: Sarabeth Tucek Russell. The album was released by The Echo Label in 2007. As well as touring solo and with a band, she has toured and performed as a support act with Ray Lamontagne, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and Bob Dylan. Influenced by Dylan, Cat Stevens and Neil Young, her singing voice has been compared to Karen Carpenter and her style to Cat Power and Neil Young. In 2009, after moving from Los Angeles back to her hometown, Sarabeth released an early version of a new song, "The Doctor", on the French label Wool and played some shows in that country. Following

neg: Freddy Mullins to it at the age of 19 and began composing piano pieces shortly after. After graduating college at the University of Kentucky with degrees in Marketing and Management, Freddy moved to Nashville at the age of 22. With no piano to play after his move, he quickly picked up and learned the guitar. During this time, Freddy's musical interests were consumed with folk singer/songwriters such as Ben Harper, Ryan Adams, Cat Stevens, and Jeff Buckley; all of which are credited as major influences on his music. Freddy Mullins' debut release, "Bring Me Blue", is a collection of six demo recordings.

neg: Here Comes My Baby (Cat Stevens song) Here Comes My Baby (Cat Stevens song) "Here Comes My Baby" is a pop song written by Cat Stevens. It was first recorded and released as a single by The Tremeloes in January 1967, and became a hit in both the UK and U.S. at numbers 4 and 13, respectively. It appeared on Stevens' album "Matthew and Son", released in March 1967 (Stevens had recorded the song on February 1, 1967). Yo La Tengo covered the song on their 1990 album, "Fakebook". It was also covered by The Mavericks, whose version peaked at number 42 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot

neg: Gary Stevens (footballer, born 1963) red, who went on to win 3–1. Stevens again played frequently as the blue half of Merseyside regained the League championship in 1987, although he did incur the wrath of Liverpool fans when a tackle on left back Jim Beglin left the Liverpool player with a badly broken leg, which finally led to his retirement from playing in 1990. At club level, 1988 was not successful for Everton, although Stevens did score a famous goal to give Everton a 1–0 win over Liverpool in the League Cup, at a time when Liverpool were in the process of a 29-game unbeaten

neg: Cat Stevens Stevens, his conversion and emergence as Yusuf Islam, and his return to music in 2006. There are clips of him singing in the studio when he was recording "An Other Cup" as well as a few 2006 excerpts of him on guitar singing a few verses of Cat Stevens songs including "The Wind" and "On the Road to Find Out". In December 2006, Islam was one of the artists who performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, in honour of the prize winners, Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank. He performed the songs "Midday (Avoid City After Dark)",

neg: Cat Stevens 2006 the inclusion of "Peace Train" on the soundtrack to "We Are Marshall". Since then, permission has been given for Cat Stevens songs to be used in the soundtracks for several movies and TV shows, including the song "Tea for The Tillerman" used as the theme tune for the Ricky Gervais BBC-HBO sitcom "Extras". A Christmas-season television commercial for gift-giving by the diamond industry aired in 2006 with Cat Power's cover of "How Can I Tell You". In 2011, "Don't Be Shy" was used in the pilot episode of the ABC television series "Once Upon A Time". In 2014, "Cat

neg: Here Comes My Baby (Cat Stevens song) Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1999. Turin Brakes released their cover version as a B-side to their single, "Something In My Eye". Here Comes My Baby (Cat Stevens song) "Here Comes My Baby" is a pop song written by Cat Stevens. It was first recorded and released as a single by The Tremeloes in January 1967, and became a hit in both the UK and U.S. at numbers 4 and 13, respectively. It appeared on Stevens' album "Matthew and Son", released in March 1967 (Stevens had recorded the song on February 1, 1967). Yo La Tengo covered the song

neg: Cat Stevens' comments about Salman Rushdie mass burning of Cat Stevens' records, later changed to a mass steamrolling. Islam claimed that he had earlier unsuccessfully asked his record company to stop production of his Cat Stevens records but they had refused on economic grounds. Commenting on the controversy regarding the United States government's 2004 refusal to allow Stevens/Islam to enter the country, Middle East scholar Juan Cole criticised him, saying that he "never forgave him [Stevens] for advocating the execution of Salman Rushdie," and claiming he had "later explained this position away by saying that he did not endorse vigilante action against Rushdie, but would rather

neg: DM Stith in 2009, it was very favorably reviewed by many critics, garnering a score of 84 at MetaCritic. Stith has also opened for, and played piano and sang onstage with, Sufjan Stevens during the 2010 fall tour. On Friday November 19, 2010, he appeared on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (NBC) supporting Sufjan Stevens as he played "Too Much" from The Age of Adz. Stith is currently collaborating with fellow American John-Mark Lapham, formerly of UK/US quartet "The Earlies". Under the band name The Revival Hour, the duo's debut single 'Hold Back' was released in November 2010 and their EP 'Clusterchord'

neg: An Other Cup as "the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens". In an interview as to why he presented both names, he said, "You know, the cup is there to be filled... with whatever you want to fill it with. For those people looking for Cat Stevens, they'll probably find him in this record. If you want to find Yusuf, go a bit deeper, you'll find him." Craig Kallman, the chief executive officer of Atlantic Records, has described the new record as speaking to "the essence of all the great Cat Stevens albums of the past", adding: "It was a chilling experience sitting

neg: Bryce Dessner Parry's album "Music for Heart and Breath," which was released on classical label Deutsche Grammophon. Additionally, Bryce orchestrated tracks on Local Natives' "Hummingbird" (2013) and Sharon van Etten's "Tramp" (2012), both of which were produced by his brother Aaron Dessner. In 2009, Bryce and Aaron produced an extensive AIDS charity compilation, "Dark Was the Night", for the Red Hot Organization. The record features exclusive recordings and collaborations from a long list of artists including David Byrne, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Feist, Sharon Jones, Cat Power, Grizzly Bear, Antony Hegarty, My Morning Jacket, and Spoon. "Dark Was the Night" has raised

neg: Izitso his music from before 1977 for nearly 30 years. A piano/vocal sheet music book with every song from the album was published in 1977, approved by Stevens, with arrangements by Los Angeles musician Laddie Chapman. Side one Side two Album Singles Izitso Izitso is the tenth studio album released by the British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam) in April 1977. After the lacklustre "Numbers", the album proved to be his comeback. The album updated the rhythmic folk rock and pop rock style of his earlier albums with the extensive use of synthesizers and other electronic music instruments, giving the

neg: Leith Stevens Against Death," "The Miracle of America," "No Help Wanted," "Request Performance," "Saturday Night Swing Club," "Suspense" and radio crime melodrama "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar." Stevens' piano concerto in C minor was his first work to be used on cinema for the 1947 Hollywood film "Night Song". In it Arthur Rubinstein played piano accompanied by the New York Philharmonic and conducted by Eugene Ormandy. The music is tonal, with a horizontal (as distinct from vertical) compositional approach, with sophisticated harmonies and challenging virtuoso passages for the piano. The work is influenced by Delius, Rachmaninov, and Gershwin, and is both impressionist and

neg: Cat Stevens Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage name Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His 1967 debut album reached the top 10 in the UK, and the album's title song "Matthew and Son" charted at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. Stevens' albums "Tea for the Tillerman" (1970) and "Teaser and the Firecat" (1971) were both certified triple platinum in the US by the RIAA. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and Islamic music. His 1972 album "Catch Bull at Four" spent three weeks at number one on

neg: Don't Wake Daddy one of several "noises" such as rollerblades, a baseball, a crying baby, a television that has been turned on, a barking dog, a tricycle, a broken vase, a cuckoo clock, a screaming parrot, a falling picture frame, a toy piano, a bowl of fruit being knocked over, a cat whose tail has been stepped on, a falling dish with a slice of cake on it, a radio and falling pots and pans (that is, if the color of a noise space does not match the color of an assigned card that they hold), they must push an alarm clock next

neg: The Laughing Apple to Earth" album, released in 1978. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album. On 21 July 2017, Yusuf/Cat Stevens announced the forthcoming release on 15 September 2017 of his new hit studio album "The Laughing Apple". Source: The Laughing Apple The Laughing Apple is the fifteenth studio album by Yusuf/Cat Stevens. The album was released on 15 September 2017 by Cat-O-Log Records. It is Yusuf's fourth mainstream release since his return to music and his first one since 2014's acclaimed "Tell 'Em I'm Gone". The album was produced by Yusuf/Cat Stevens & Paul Samwell-Smith. Its title

neg: Matthew and Son Matthew and Son is an office in the city. (""The files in your head, you take them to bed, you're never ever through."") The song appears on the soundtrack of Michael Apted's "Stardust". Song Matthew and Son "Matthew and Son" is a single written, composed, and performed by Cat Stevens. It was selected as the title song for his 1967 debut album. Stevens was a newly signed teenage singer-songwriter, who performed to elaborate arrangements quite different from the skiffle which had, in part, inspired him to begin writing and performing. The song remains Cat Stevens' highest charting single in the

neg: Peter Gabriel drummer". Gabriel founded Genesis in 1967 with fellow Charterhouse School pupils Tony Banks, Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford, and drummer Chris Stewart. The name of the band was suggested by fellow Charterhouse alumnus, the pop music impresario Jonathan King, who produced their first album, "From Genesis to Revelation". Gabriel has said to be influenced by many different sources in his way of singing, such as Family lead singer Roger Chapman and theatrical singer Arthur Brown. In 1970, he played the flute on the Cat Stevens album, "Mona Bone Jakon". Genesis drew some attention in Britain and eventually also in Italy, Belgium,

neg: Christos Demetriou "Down at Rachael's Place" and "Little MissUnderstood." As a result of being signed to the same management company, Demetriou collaborated with Cat Stevens in the recording of the album "Buddha and the Chocolate Box". During these early years, Demetriou produced ten albums and over a dozen singles, including five albums for A&M Records (see Discography). Top session musician, writer and producer Mo Foster who has played on over 350 recordings cites Demetriou as giving him his first break. Paul Travis also remembers doing countless sessions for Demetriou as a singer and as a guitarist. Demetriou was instrumental in getting Travis

neg: Numbers (Cat Stevens album) and called the second side "Side 0", a reference to Jzero. Numbers (Cat Stevens album) Numbers is the ninth studio album, and the first concept album by singer/songwriter Cat Stevens released in November 1975. The album "Numbers," subtitled "A Pythagorean Theory Tale," was based on a fictional planet in a far-off galaxy named Polygor. The album included a booklet with excerpts from a planned book of the same name written by Chris Bryant and Allan Scott. The booklet features pen-and-ink illustrations drawn by Stevens. The concept of the album is a fantastic spiritual musical which is set on the planet

neg: Numbers (Cat Stevens album) Numbers (Cat Stevens album) Numbers is the ninth studio album, and the first concept album by singer/songwriter Cat Stevens released in November 1975. The album "Numbers," subtitled "A Pythagorean Theory Tale," was based on a fictional planet in a far-off galaxy named Polygor. The album included a booklet with excerpts from a planned book of the same name written by Chris Bryant and Allan Scott. The booklet features pen-and-ink illustrations drawn by Stevens. The concept of the album is a fantastic spiritual musical which is set on the planet Polygor. In the story there is a castle with a number

neg: Katie Stevens long been active in her local theater community. She played Dorothy in both BSS Children's Theater and Main Street Theater's production of "The Wizard of Oz". At Main Street Theater Stevens also played the role of Sharpay in "High School Musical" and "The Cat" in "Honk". She played Nellie Forbush in Pomperaug High School's "South Pacific" alongside Gary Dwyer as Emile DeBeque. She performed at Carnegie Hall at the age of 13. On August 13, 2009, she auditioned for "American Idol" in Boston, Massachusetts and sang "At Last", where all four judges (including guest judge Victoria Beckham) advanced her to

neg: Internet celebrity own manager, Ben Lashes, who also represents the Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat. As a celebrity pet, her interactions with the public is limited. Photo sessions are only once a week, and handling by strangers is limited. At South by Southwest Interactive, Tardar Sauce made limited two-hour appearances each day as Grumpy Cat. Her fame has brought her media appearances on NBC News's "Today", ABC News's "Good Morning America", "CBS Evening News", "Anderson Live", VH1's "Big Morning Buzz Live", "The Soup" and FOX's "American Idol". In September 2013, it was announced that Grumpy Cat would become the Official Spokescat of

neg: Cat Stevens album was released in February 2007. Yoriyos created the art on Islam's album "An Other Cup", something that Cat Stevens did for his own albums in the 1970s. In May 2006, in anticipation of his forthcoming new pop album, the BBC1 programme "Imagine" aired a 49-minute documentary with Alan Yentob called "Yusuf: The Artist formerly Known as Cat Stevens". This documentary film features rare audio and video clips from the late 1960s and 1970s, as well as an extensive interview with Islam, his brother David Gordon, several record executives, Bob Geldof, Dolly Parton, and others outlining his career as Cat

neg: Cat Stevens He played several new songs along with some old ones like "Father and Son", "The Wind", "Where Do the Children Play?", "Don't Be Shy", "Wild World", and "Peace Train". In July 2007, he performed at a concert in Bochum, Germany, in benefit of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's Peace Centre in South Africa and the Milagro Foundation of Deborah and Carlos Santana. The audience included Nobel Laureates Mikhail Gorbachev, Desmond Tutu and other prominent global figures. He later appeared as the final act in the German leg of Live Earth in Hamburg performing some classic Cat Stevens songs and more recent compositions

neg: Tom Ingleby Tom Ingleby Tom Ingleby is an English music composer, producer and artist. Born in Leamington Spa, grew up in America, Surrey and Mid Wales. His interest in music started at an early age, playing guitar from the age of five whilst growing up in the US and later took up the piano and violin. Moving to rural Wales aged 12 he lived next door to Cat Stevens' guitarist Alun Davis and Yardbirds member and record producer Paul Samwell-Smith who both deeply influenced and encouraged his interest in music. Completed Foundation at Byam Shaw School of Art (1987-1989), completed his BA

neg: Foreigner (Cat Stevens album) Foreigner (Cat Stevens album) Foreigner is the seventh studio album released by English singer-songwriter, Cat Stevens in July 1973. In addition to the minor hit "The Hurt", which received a moderate amount of airplay, "Foreigner" also included such songs as "100 I Dream" and the 18-minute-long "Foreigner Suite", which took up the entirety of side one. It is the first album written and produced solely by Stevens. At the pinnacle of Stevens' success with four consecutive platinum and gold albums: "Mona Bone Jakon", "Tea for the Tillerman", "Teaser and the Firecat", and "Catch Bull at Four", Stevens had a dedicated

neg: CSS Arkansas a small Federal flotilla that included her old opponent USS "Essex." On the morning of 6 August, "Essex" came in sight, and "Arkansas" moved into the stream to meet her. Just at this time, crank pins on both engines failed almost simultaneously, and "Arkansas" drifted helplessly to the shore. Stevens prepared to abandon ship. He ordered the engines to be broken up, the guns to be loaded and excess shells spread around, and then the ship set afire. The crew then left. About this time, the ship broke free and began to drift down the river, and Stevens, the last

neg: Cat Stevens who had formerly collaborated with The Beatles. To promote the new single, Voormann redesigned his famous Beatles "Revolver" album cover, drawing a picture of a young Cat Stevens along with himself and Harrison. Proceeds from the single were donated to charities and organisations including UNESCO, UNRWA, and the nonprofit group Save the Children, with the funds earmarked for Gaza children. Israeli Consul David Saranga criticised Islam for not dedicating the song to all of the children who are victims of the conflict, including Israeli children. On 5 May 2009, Islam released "Roadsinger", a new pop album recorded in 2008. The

neg: Gold (Cat Stevens album) Gold (Cat Stevens album) Gold is a two-CD compilation of classic singles and album tracks by British singer-songwriter, Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam. It is part of Universal Music's series of double-disc anthologies derived from their extensive back catalog. The track list starts with Stevens' early British hit "Matthew & Son" and ends with a new recording by Islam, "Indian Ocean", recorded and first released as a digital download on the iTunes Music Store to benefit 2004 Asian tsunami relief efforts. One review of the compilation suggests that the anthology "manages to cram into two discs what 2001's

neg: Sufjan Stevens Denison Witmer, Soul Junk, Half-handed Cloud, Brother Danielson, Danielson Famile, Serena Maneesh, Castanets, Will Stratton, Shannon Stephens, Clare & the Reasons, Little Scream, and Liz Janes. In 2007 alone, Stevens played piano on The National's album "Boxer", produced and contributed many instrumental tracks to Rosie Thomas's album "These Friends of Mine", multiple instruments on Ben + Vesper's album "All This Could Kill You" and oboe and vocals to David Garland's 2007 album "Noise in You". He has contributed covers of Tim Buckley ("She Is"), Joni Mitchell ("Free Man in Paris"), Daniel Johnston ("Worried Shoes"), John Fahey ("Variation on 'Commemorative Transfiguration

neg: Don Weller (musician) First Cut". This was followed by a quartet with drummer Bryan Spring. At the same time he worked regularly with pianist Stan Tracey, and also with Harry Beckett and in a quintet with Art Themen. Renowned for his versatility, he has played with artists such as Alan Price, Tina May and Charlie Hearnshaw. He played saxophone on the 1973 album "Allright on the Night" by British hard rock band Tucky Buzzard. He appears as lead sax (with Tower of Power backing him on horns)on the instrumental track "Nascimento" of Cat Stevens' 1978 LP "Back To Earth". He also played on

neg: An Other Cup for me to be able to help bridge the cultural gaps others are sometimes frightened to cross." The album was produced by Rick Nowels and Islam, and is distributed by Atlantic Records in North America, in a venture with Islam's own label, Ya Records. It features guest performances from Youssou N'Dour. Additional guests, Alun Davies and Jean Roussel, two of Islam's long time friends, who both played in his band as Cat Stevens from 1970 in Davies' case, during the time he was writing and recording "Mona Bone Jakon", and 1973 for Roussell during Stevens' "Catch Bull at Four", album

neg: The Very Best of Cat Stevens UTV Records labels. In many respects, it is a substantially different album. The track list is substantially different (though most of the same tracks are present). The cover art for these releases features a simple portrait of the artist. This album was released in the UK and Europe in 2003, using the same cover art but with a different track list. The UTV Records release was also available with a DVD bonus disk containing some early footage. All songs written by Cat Stevens, except where noted. The Very Best of Cat Stevens The Very Best of Cat Stevens is the

neg: The Soup also a writer and producer for the show), a dancing maxipad (Tess Rafferty, a supervising producer and the only female writer on "The Soup"), two nerds who dress as "Star Wars" characters, an intern named Matt whom McHale shoots with a gun (often with the shooting sound effect purposefully played out of sync, or even played with other objects or with just fingers), Jewbacca (Chewbacca's lawyer), and "Spaghetti Cat", a cat eating spaghetti from "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet". Additionally, Tom McNamara, The Soup's stage manager and former stage manager on "Talk Soup", and Kelly Levy ("née" Andrews),

neg: Morning Has Broken demo of "Morning Has Broken". More recently, "Morning Has Broken" was used in a television advertisement for London's Great Ormond Street Hospital. The song has been translated or adapted into many languages, including German ("Schön ist der Morgen", performed by Nana Mouskouri among others), French ("Matin brisé", performed by on her 1972 album "L'orage"), and others. Morning Has Broken "Morning Has Broken" is a popular and well-known Christian hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and was inspired by the village of Alfriston in East Sussex, then set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune

neg: Oh, Sleeper than on their debut wherein "Son of the Morning" is a concept album based on the final battle between the Devil and God. The first single from the record was the title track, "Son of the Morning" and later in the year, Oh, Sleeper played the entire album for the first time in Waco Texas at Art Ambush. The cover of "Son of the Morning" is known as a "broken pentagram", which has to be distinguished from the broken pentagram used by black magicians with only one triangle left. The symbol was designed by Ryan Clark of Demon Hunter and

neg: Scott Stevens first time in team history where they were swept by the Bruins. Over eight seasons with the Capitals, Stevens finished with 98 goals and 429 points in 601 games. He also set team records (all since broken) for penalty minutes (1,630), games played by a defenceman (601), points by a defenceman (429), goals by a defenceman (98), assists by a defenceman (331), playoff games played (67), playoff points (53), playoff assists (44) and playoff goals by a defenceman (9). After eight seasons in Washington, Stevens felt it was time to move on. The St. Louis Blues courted him and offered

neg: Cat Stevens Against Islamophobia and Racism, an organisation that worked towards battling misconceptions and acts against others because of their religious beliefs or their racial identity (or both), after many Muslims reported a backlash against them due in part to the grief caused by the events in the United States on 11 September. On 21 September 2004, Islam was on a United Airlines flight from London to Washington, travelling to a meeting with US entertainer Dolly Parton, who had recorded "Peace Train" several years earlier and was planning to include another Cat Stevens song on an upcoming album. While the plane was

neg: Pizzicato Pussycat falls from his piano stool after playing an arpeggio; the re-adjusts himself on the stool, and again taps the mouse on the head, but this time, the mouse's head is turned, and his glasses are broken by the piano key, and he can no longer read the sheet music in front of him. He plays on, despite not being able to read the music, and it turns out to be a disaster. The cat is truly embarrassed, and audience members walk out of the Hall while calling the performance "ridiculous", "insulting", and "preposterous," and the Joneses narrowly escape out the