Katsi Stevens (Steven Demeter Georges) akaberekwa July 21, 1948 muLondon. Baba vemuimbi uyu vaive Stavros Georges, muKristu weOrthodox aibva kuGreece.
Amai Ingrid Wikman ndevechiSwedish pakuzvarwa uye muBaptist nechitendero. Vaimhanyisa resitorendi pedyo nePiccadilly inonzi Moulin Rouge. Vabereki vakarambana apo mukomana aiva nemakore 8 okuberekwa. Asi vakaramba vari shamwari dzakanaka uye vakaramba vachibata nemwanakomana wavo nebhizinesi pamwe chete.
Mukomana aiziva mimhanzi kubva paudiki. Akasumwa naamai vake nababa, avo vaigara vachienda naye kumichato yechiGiriki inofadza uye yemimhanzi. Aivawo nehanzvadzi yechikuru yaifarira kuunganidza zvinyorwa. Kutenda kwavari, muimbi wemangwana akawana nzira dzakasiyana mumunda wemimhanzi. Ipapo Stephen akaziva kuti mimhanzi kwaari hupenyu uye kufema kwayo.
Paakawana mukana, akabva atenga rekodhi yake yokutanga. Akave muimbi weBaby Face Little Richard. Kubva paudiki, akadzidza kuridza piyano, yaive muresitorendi yevabereki vake. Uye pazera ramakore 15, akakumbira baba vake kutenga gitare, vachiwira mupesvedzero ine simba ye<em>quartet ine mukurumbira wakashata. The Beatles. Chishandiso chacho chakaitwa munguva pfupi zvikuru. Uye wechidiki anofara akatanga kunyora nziyo dzake.
Kutanga kwebasa raKati Stevens
Rwiyo rwekutanga chairo Stephen George akanyora pazera ramakore gumi nemaviri rainzi Darling, Nha. Asi, maererano nemunyori, hazvina kubudirira. Uye rwiyo runotevera Runyararo Rwesimba rwakanga rwatove rwakakwana, rwakajeka uye rwunotaura.
Rimwe zuva amai vacho vakaenda nomwanakomana wavo parwendo rwokuSweden kunoshanyira mukoma wavo. Ikoko, muimbi wechidiki akasangana nababamunini Hugo, uyo aiva nyanzvi yekupenda. Uye kudhirowa kwakamuorora kwazvo zvokuti iye pachake akatanga kuita zveunyanzvi.
Akadzidza kwenguva pfupi paHammersmith College yeArt asi akasiya. Asi haana kusiya basa rake remimhanzi, asi akaita mumabhawa uye masangano akasiyana-siyana ane nziyo dzake. Ipapo zita rake rekunyepedzera Cat Stevens akatooneka, sezvo musikana wake akataura nezveake asina kujairika katsi maziso.
Steve akapa nziyo dzake kuEMI nenjodzi yake. Akafarira basa rake, uye ipapo muimbi akatengesa makwara ake anenge 30 pondo. Iyi yakanga iri mari yakawanda yedivi rezvemari kune rimwe jaya rakanga richiri kushanda muresitorendi nevabereki vake.
Kusimuka kweCat Stevens 'basa
Kat akapa nziyo dzake kuti ateerere kumugadziri Mike Hirst, aimbove nhengo yeThe Springfields. Uye kunyange zvazvo akavagamuchira kunze kwekuremekedza, mushure mekuteerera akashamiswa netarenda remuimbi.
Hirst akabatsira munyori kupedzisa chibvumirano ne studio ye "kukurudzira" uye munguva pfupi iyo Inoda Imbwa Yangu yakabudiswa, iyo yakarova pamusoro pemachati uye paredhiyo. Muimbi wacho akazoyeuka kuti: “Nguva yandakatanga kuzvinzwa paredhiyo ndiyo yakakura kwazvo muupenyu hwangu.
Mamwe makuru akatevera aive enziyo I'm Gonna Get Me a Pfuti uye Mat the Wand Son (1967). Ivo "vakaputika" machati eBritish uye vakadada nenzvimbo. Kubva ipapo, basa rake rakawedzera. Steve aigara ari munzira, pakushanya, achiita ega kana nevatambi venyika vakadai saJimi Hendrix naEngelbert Humperdinck.
Twist Cat Stevens
Kudzvinyirirwa kwakanyanya uye kumhanya kwehupenyu kwakakanganisa hutano hwaStevenson. Kukosora kwakajairika kwakashanduka kuita nhanho yakaoma uye muimbi akaendeswa kuchipatara. Ikoko akaonekwa kuti aiva nechirwere cherurindi. Ikoko, nyanzvi yakaratidza kushamisika. Muiti wemifananidzo akatenda kuti akanga ava pedyo nekufa, uye vanachiremba nehama dzinovanza kubva kwaari.
Zvinoshamisa kuti zvirwere izvi zvakaita kuti Kat achinje nzira yebasa rake. Iye zvino akatanga kufunga zvakanyanya nezvehupenyu hwemweya uye mabasa ake. Upenyu hwemuimbi wacho hwakanga huzere nemabhuku ehuzivi, mafungiro uye mazwi matsva. Saka kuumbwa kweMhepo yakabuda.
Muiti wacho akatanga kufarira kudzidza zvitendero zvenyika, akaita kufungisisa, izvo zvakakonzera kunyorwa kwenziyo dzakawanda mukiriniki. Vakasarudzawo gwara idzva uye rudzi rwekuita kwezvinyorwa zvavo.
Mushure mekuburitswa kwealbum Tea yeTillerman, Katsi Stevens akawana mukurumbira wepasirese uye mukurumbira. Zvinyorwa zvinotevera zvakasimbisa zvinzvimbo izvi chete. Uye saka zvakapfuurira kusvika 1978, kusvikira muiti wacho akasarudza kusiya nhandare.
Yusuf Islam
Pane imwe nguva, paakanga achishambira muMalibu, akatanga kunyura uye akatendeukira kuna Mwari, achidana kuti amuponese, achivimbisa kushanda kwaari chete. Uye akaponeswa. Akatora chidzidzo chekuongorora nyeredzi, makadhi eTarot, nhamba dzenhamba, nezvimwewo. Zvino rimwe zuva mukoma wake akamupa Korani, iyo yakaronga kuguma kwekupedzisira kwemuimbi.
Muna 1977, akatendeukira kuIslam uye akachinja zita rake kuti Yusuf Islam. Kuita pakonzati yerudo muna 1979 ndiko kwaive kwekupedzisira.
Akatungamira mari yese kune rubatsiro uye dzidzo munyika dzeMuslim. Muna 1985, konzati huru Live Aid yakaitika, uko Yusuf Islam akakokwa. Zvisinei, ramangwana rakamusarudzira zvose - Elton John akaita nguva yakareba kupfuura nguva yaakagoverwa, Kat akanga asina nguva yekuenda pachikuva.
Dzokaаschenie
Kwenguva yakareba, muimbi wacho akarekodha nziyo dzechitendero chete, uye dzakanga dzisinganyanyi kufarirwa.
Mukutanga kwema2000, muimbi wacho akabvuma kuti nokuimba nziyo dzake, anogona kutaura nezvake chaizvo uye kuti anosuwa izvi.
Yusuf akarekodha zvakare mamwe ematepi ake uye akaburitsa maalbum matsva. Mari inowanikwa kubva mukutengeswa kweiyo Indian Ocean rekodhi, yakatsaurirwa kune inosuruvarisa tsunami ya2004, inoshandiswa kubatsira vanhu vanowirwa nenjodzi iyi yechisikigo. Muchando cha2006, muimbi akaimba kekutanga nekonzati muUnited States, achibatana nemugadziri ane tarenda Rick Nowels.
Parizvino, iyo yazvino albhamu ndiyo Roadsinger, yakaburitswa muna 2009. Mugore rimwe chetero, akanyora imwe vhezheni itsva yerunyoro rwakakurumbira The Day the World Gets Round. Mari yese yakaendeswa kumari yekubatsira vanhu veGaza Strip.
