Cat Stevens (Steven Demeter Georges) anabadwa July 21, 1948 ku London. Bambo ake a wojambulayo anali Stavros Georges, Mkhristu wa Orthodox wochokera ku Greece.
Mayi Ingrid Wikman anabadwa m’Swedish ndipo ndi wachipembedzo cha Baptist. Anayendetsa malo odyera pafupi ndi Piccadilly otchedwa Moulin Rouge. Makolo anasudzulana pamene mnyamatayo anali ndi zaka 8. Koma iwo anakhalabe mabwenzi apamtima ndipo anapitiriza kuchita ndi mwana wawo ndi bizinesi pamodzi.
Mnyamatayo ankadziwa nyimbo kuyambira ali mwana. Anadziwitsidwa ndi amayi ake ndi abambo ake, omwe nthawi zambiri ankapita naye ku maukwati achigiriki osangalatsa komanso oimba. Analinso ndi mlongo wina wamkulu amene ankakonda kutolera marekodi. Chifukwa cha iwo, woimba tsogolo anapeza mbali zosiyanasiyana mu gawo nyimbo. Kenako Stephen anazindikira kuti nyimbo kwa iye ndi moyo ndi mpweya wake.
Atakhala ndi mwayi, nthawi yomweyo anagula rekodi yake yoyamba. Adakhala woyimba Baby Face Little Richard. Kuyambira ali mwana, adaphunzira kuimba piyano, yomwe inali mu lesitilanti ya makolo ake. Ndipo ali ndi zaka 15, anapempha atate wake kuti agule gitala, atagwidwa ndi chisonkhezero champhamvu cha quartet yotchuka kwambiri. The Beatles. Chidacho chidadziwika mu nthawi yaifupi kwambiri. Ndipo wachinyamata wokondwayo adayamba kupanga nyimbo zake.
Chiyambi cha ntchito ya Cat Stevens
Nyimbo yoyamba yomwe Stephen George adalemba ali ndi zaka 12 idatchedwa Darling, No. Koma, malinga ndi wolemba, sizinaphule kanthu. Ndipo nyimbo yotsatira Mtendere Wamphamvu inali kale yokwanira, yomveka bwino komanso yofotokozera.
Tsiku lina mayiyo anatenga mwana wake wamwamuna pa ulendo wopita ku Sweden kukacheza ndi mchimwene wake. Kumeneko, wojambula wamng'onoyo anakumana ndi amalume ake Hugo, yemwe anali katswiri wojambula zithunzi. Ndipo kujambula kunamusangalatsa kwambiri moti nayenso anayamba kuchita zaluso.
Anaphunzira mwachidule ku Hammersmith College of Art koma adasiya. Koma iye sanasiye ntchito yake yoimba, koma anachita mipiringidzo ndi mabungwe osiyanasiyana ndi nyimbo zake. Kenako dzina lake lachinyengo Cat Stevens adawonekera kale, pomwe bwenzi lake limalankhula za maso ake achilendo amphaka.
Steve anapereka nyimbo zake kwa EMI pa ngozi yake. Iye ankakonda ntchito yake, ndiyeno wojambula anagulitsa njanji zake pafupifupi 30 mapaundi. Imeneyi inali ndalama yaikulu ya mbali yazachuma kwa mnyamata wina yemwe anali akugwirabe ntchito mu lesitilanti ndi makolo ake.
Kukula kwa ntchito ya Cat Stevens
Kat adapereka nyimbo zake kuti amvetsere kwa wopanga Mike Hirst, membala wakale wa The Springfields. Ndipo ngakhale adawalandira mwaulemu, atamvetsera adadabwa ndi talente ya woimbayo.
Hirst adathandizira wolembayo kuti akwaniritse mgwirizano ndi studio ya "kutsatsa" ndipo posakhalitsa nyimboyo I Love My Galu idatulutsidwa, yomwe idagunda pamwamba pama chart komanso pawailesi. Pambuyo pake woimbayo anakumbukira kuti: "Nthawi yomwe ndinadzimva ndekha pawailesi inali yaikulu kwambiri m'moyo wanga."
Nyimbo zazikulu zotsatila zinali nyimbo zomwe I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun ndi Mat the Wand Son (1967). Iwo "anawomba" ma chart aku Britain ndipo adanyadira malo. Pambuyo pake, ntchito yake "inawulukira kumwamba." Steve nthawi zonse anali panjira, paulendo, akusewera payekha kapena ndi osewera padziko lonse lapansi monga Jimi Hendrix ndi Engelbert Humperdinck.
Twist Cat Stevens
Kupanikizika kwambiri komanso kuthamanga kwa moyo kunasokoneza thanzi la Stevenson. Kutsokomola mwachizolowezi kunasanduka siteji yoopsa ndipo woimbayo adatumizidwa kuchipatala. Kumeneko anamupeza ndi chifuwa chachikulu cha TB. Kumeneko, wojambulayo adawoneka wodabwitsa. Wojambulayo ankakhulupirira kuti ali pafupi kufa, ndipo madokotala ndi achibale amabisa izi kwa iye.
Chodabwitsa n’chakuti matenda amenewa anachititsa kuti Kat asinthe mmene ankagwirira ntchito. Tsopano anayamba kuganizira kwambiri za moyo wauzimu ndi zochita zake. Moyo wa wojambulayo unali wodzaza ndi mabuku afilosofi, malingaliro ndi mawu atsopano. Choncho nyimbo ya The Wind inatuluka.
Woyimbayo adachita chidwi ndi kuphunzira zipembedzo zapadziko lonse lapansi, adachita kusinkhasinkha, zomwe zidathandizira kulembedwa kwa nyimbo zambiri m'chipatala. Iwo adatsimikizanso njira yatsopano ndi mtundu wa machitidwe a nyimbo zawo.
Pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale cha Tea for the Tillerman, Mphaka Stevens adatchuka komanso kutchuka padziko lonse lapansi. Zolemba zotsatirazi zinangolimbitsa maudindowa. Ndipo kotero anapitiriza mpaka 1978, mpaka wojambula anaganiza kusiya siteji.
Yusuf Islam
Tsiku lina akusambira ku Malibu, anayamba kumira natembenukira kwa Mulungu, akuitana kuti amupulumutse, kulonjeza kuti adzagwira ntchito kwa iye yekha. Ndipo anapulumutsidwa. Anayamba kuphunzira zakuthambo, makadi a Tarot, manambala, ndi zina zotero. Ndiyeno tsiku lina mchimwene wake anam'patsa Koran, yomwe inatsimikizira tsogolo la woimbayo.
Mu 1977 adalowa Chisilamu ndipo adasintha dzina lake kukhala Yusuf Islam. Kusewera pa konsati yachifundo mu 1979 kunali komaliza.
Adapereka ndalama zonse ku zachifundo ndi maphunziro m'maiko achisilamu. Mu 1985, konsati yaikulu Live Aid inachitika, kumene Yusuf Islam anaitanidwa. Komabe, tsogolo linamupangira zonse - Elton John adachita nthawi yayitali kuposa nthawi yomwe adapatsidwa, Kat analibe nthawi yoti apite pa siteji.
Bwereraniаschenie
Kwa nthawi yayitali, wojambulayo adalemba nyimbo zachipembedzo zokha, ndipo sizinali zotchuka kwambiri.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 2000, woimbayo anavomereza kuti poimba nyimbo zake, amatha kudziwa za iye mwini komanso kuti amaphonyadi.
Yusuf adajambulanso nyimbo zake zina ndikutulutsanso nyimbo zatsopano. Ndalama zomwe zimagulitsidwa kuchokera ku Indian Ocean mbiri, zoperekedwa ku tsunami yowopsya ya 2004, zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kuthandiza anthu omwe akhudzidwa kwambiri ndi tsoka lachilengedweli. M'nyengo yozizira 2006, woimbayo anachita kwa nthawi yoyamba ndi konsati ku United States, mogwirizana ndi luso sewerolo Rick Nowels.
Pakadali pano, nyimbo yaposachedwa kwambiri ndi Roadsinger, yomwe idatulutsidwa mu 2009. M'chaka chomwecho, analemba buku latsopano la nyimbo yotchuka yotchedwa The Day the World Gets Round. Ndalama zonse zidatumizidwa ku ndalama zothandizira anthu aku Gaza Strip.
