Born: London, England, 1948
Years Active: 1970-2008
Influenced by: Bob Dylan, The Beatles
Genre: Rock & Alternative
Biography: Cat Stevens, born Steven Demetre Georgiou, was the son of a Swedish mother and a Greek father who ran a restaurant in ...
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