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us: Islam, Yusuf, 1948-



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    • us: Islam, Yosef, 1948-
    • us: Yusuf, 1948-
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    • found: İslâm üzerine konuşmalar, 1986: cover (Yusuf İslam (Cat Stevens)) p. 3, etc. (guitarist, rock musician popular 1970-75; changed name 1977?)
    • found: LC data base, Aug. 16, 1988 (hdg.: Stevens, Cat; usage: Cat Stevens) Oct. 28, 2008 (hdg.: İslam, Yusuf; usage: Cat Stevens, Yusuf Islam)
    • found: Yusuf Islam official WWW site, Oct. 28, 2008 (b. Steven Demetre Georgiou; embraced Islam in 1977, changing his name to Yusuf Islam; formerly known as Cat Stevens)
    • found: AMG, Mar. 18, 2008 (Cat Stevens; b. Steven Demetre Georgiou, July 21, 1948, London, England; in 1965 began performing under the name Steve Adams; on December 23, 1977, Stevens formally became a Muslim and adopted the name Yusuf Islam; notwithstanding this change, there was an 11th and final Cat Stevens album, Back to Earth, released in December 1978; with that, Yusuf Islam retired from the pop music business; in 2006, nearly 30 years after the final Cat Stevens studio album, Islam released a new studio effort, An Other Cup)
    • found: Wikipedia WWW site, Oct. 28, 2008 (under Cat Stevens: Yusuf Islam; b. Steven Demetre Georgiou, July 21, 1948, London; chose the stage name Cat Stevens in 1966; converted to Islam in 1977 and took the name Yusuf Islam in 1978)
    • found: Biography resource center WWW site, Oct. 28, 2008 (Islam, Yusuf (1948- ); Stevens, Cat (British folk singer, 1948- ); also known as Steven Demetre Georgiou, Stephen Demetri Georgiou, Yosef Islam, Steven Georgiou)
    • found: Islam, Y. Roadsinger [SR] p2009: label (Yusuf)
    • found: Wikipedia, May 29, 2009 (Yusuf Islam; b. Steven Demetre Georgiou, July 21, 1948, best known by his former stage name Cat Stevens; British musician of Greek Cypriot and Swedish ancestry; singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist; now goes by the single name Yusuf)
    • found: MySpace.com, May 29, 2009 (Yusuf; singer-songwriter; "the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens") {http://www.myspace.com/catstevens}
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    • [Pseudonym not found on published works: Steve Adams]
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    • 1988-08-18: new
    • 2009-05-30: revised
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