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unusual facts about Cat Stevens' comments about Salman Rushdie


Cat Stevens' comments about Salman Rushdie

The pop group 10,000 Maniacs deleted the Cat Stevens song "Peace Train," which they had recorded for their 1987 In My Tribe album, from subsequent pressings of their album as a protest against Stevens/Islam's remarks.


22 St Peter's Square

The 'non reggae' Island artists include Cat Stevens, Robert Palmer and Steve Winwood (working with the Spencer Davis Group and Traffic, and as a solo artist), Grace Jones, Tom Waits, Melissa Etheridge, Amy Winehouse and P J Harvey and their most successful signing, the Irish band U2.

Anasheed

Other well-known artists are Yusuf Islam -formerly known as Cat Stevens -, Sami Yusuf, Junaid Jamshed, Maher Zain, Mesut Kurtis, Dawud Wharnsby, Zain Bhikha, ANI, the only female Islamic pop English singer, and many others.

And Also the Trees

Farewell to the Shade (1989), was followed by the single releases of "Lady D'Arbanville", a completely revised Cat Stevens cover and the French only release "Misfortunes".

Ayshea

After being romantically linked with Steve Winwood, Chas Chandler and Rod Stewart, she married Cat Stevens' record producer, Chris Brough, who went on to manage her and produce her records.

Colin Wood

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 of the debut album of Uriah Heep.

Comeback

Well-known comebacks include the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final, those of boxer Muhammad Ali after a three-year break from 1967 until 1970, and singer Yusuf Islam, who found earlier success as Cat Stevens and was not active from 1978 until 1995.

Elizabeth Gillies

Gillies has a YouTube account called LizGilliesOfficial, where she uploads covers of popular songs including: "Wild Horses" by The Rolling Stones, "You and I" by Lady Gaga, "For No One" by The Beatles, "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon, "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens and "One and Only" by Adele.

Finsterworld

The film features an original score by composer Michaela Melián, singer of the German new wave band FSK, as well as a track by Cat Stevens.

Islam Expo

There was also a fun fair in the grounds and lectures by various people from within and outside the Islamic population like Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens and Muslim BBC news reporter Asad Ahmad.

Morin-Heights, Quebec

The facility was used by numerous Canadian and international artists, including The Tragically Hip, Rush, Nazareth, Pilot, April Wine, Rainbow, Barenaked Ladies, Sting, The Police, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Bee Gees, Cat Stevens, and Lawrence Gowan, as well as by Québec artists Jean-Pierre Ferland, Richard Séguin, Lucien Francoeur and Garolou.

Quality Record Pressings

The first title pressed at Quality Record Pressings was one of the all-time most classic audiophile records, Cat Stevens’s Tea for the Tillerman from 1970.

Roadsinger

"Everytime I Dream" was inspired by the media criticism of Yusuf Islam following his alleged support for the fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini on Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses.

Steve Adams

Cat Stevens (born 1948), singer who used the stage name Steve Adams

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Suzanne Lynch

After marrying fellow entertainer Bruce Lynch she moved to London, England where she worked as a session musician until she became a regular part of Cat Stevens' vocal group and appeared on several of his albums until he gave up recording after a religious conversion.

Sweet Silence Studios

A variety of artists have recorded there, including Cat Stevens, Gasolin, Ole Prehm, Metallica, C.V. Jørgensen and Kliché.


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