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Cat Stevens
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Who Is Cat Stevens?
Cat Stevens' parents ran a restaurant where he learned to play the piano as a child.
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At age 18, he signed with Decca Records and released his first album, and his single "Wild World" made him a star.
Early Life
Cat Stevens was born Stephen Demetre Georgiou on July 21, , 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.
The combination of the two religious inf