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Cat Stevens
(1948-)
Who Is Cat Stevens?
Cat Stevens' parents ran a restaurant where he learned to play the piano as a child. At age 18, he signed with Decca Records and released his first album, and his 1970 single "Wild World" made him a star.
Early Life
Cat Stevens was born Stephen Demetre Georgiou on July 21, 1948, in London, England as the youngest of three children.
His parents, Greek Cypriot father Stavros Georgiou and Swedish Baptist mother Ingrid Wickman, were restaurateurs; together, they ran the Moulin Rouge on Shaftsbury Avenue. Young Stevens and his siblings often pitched in and waited tables.
The family lived in a small apartment over the restaurant — the place where Stevens first learned to play the piano — and the glitz, glamour and the nearby theatre presence of the West End was a strong influence on the young musician.
Although he was raised Greek Orthodox, Stevens' parents opted to send him to a Roman Catholic school.
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