A farkon ya yi kokarin kafa wani band, amma ya gane ya fi son yin solo. Tunanin da ya ba da sunan iya ba za a iya tunawa, ya zaɓi da mataki sunan Cat Stevens, a sashi saboda wata budurwa ce yana da idanu kamar cat, amma yafi saboda "Ba zan iya tunanin kowa zuwa rikodin kantin sayar da kuma tambayar ga 'cewa Steven Demetre Georgiou album'. Kuma a Ingila, kuma na tabbata a Amurka, sun ƙaunaci dabbobi. "A 1966, yana da shekaru 18, ya ji da manajan / m Mike Hurst, tsohon Birtaniya vocal kungiyar Springfields. Hurst shirya masa ya yi rikodin demo da kuma taimaka masa samun rikodin yarjejeniya. Stevens ta farko hits sun kasance: "I Love My Dog" kai lamba 28 a kan UK Singles Chart; da kuma "Matthew Son" da kuma "I'm Gonna Get My Baby" daga farko album, "I'm Gonna Get My Baby" aka rubuta da kuma rubuta a kan wani UK album, "I'm Gonna Get Me" ya kai lamba 6, da kuma ya yi rikodin na biyu guda kafin ya kai lamba 10 a kan UK album "What About Me" da aka rubuta da Matthew Chelo
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