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Saturnight
''Saturnight'' (subtitled ''Live in Tokyo'') is the first live album by Cat Stevens, released only in Japan. Proceeds from the album went to support UNICEF. Track listing Side one #" Wild World" – 3:28 #"Oh Very Young" – 2:27 #"Sitting" – 3:14 #"Where Do the Children Play?" – 3:38 #"Lady D'Arbanville" – 4:01 #"Another Saturday Night" – 2:37 Side two #"Hard Headed Woman" – 3:42 #"Peace Train" – 3:27 #"Father and Son" – 3:37 #"King of Trees" – 3:49 #"A Bad Penny" – 3:43 #"Bitterblue" – 3:18 *All songs written by Cat Stevens, except "Another Saturday Night" ( Sam Cooke). Personnel *Cat Stevens – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano * Alun Davies – guitar, backing vocals *Larry Steele – guitars, percussion, backing vocals *Jim Cregan – guitar *Jean Roussel – keyboards *Bruce Lynch – bass guitar *Gerry Conway – drums, percussion *Anna Peacock – backing vocals *Suzanne Lynch Suzanne Joy Lynch (née Donaldson, born 20 March 1951) is a New Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Conway (musician)
Gerald Conway (born 11 September 1947) is an English folk and rock drummer/percussionist, best known for having performed with the backing band for Cat Stevens in the 1970s, Jethro Tull during the 1980s, and a member of Fairport Convention from 1998 to 2022, alongside various side projects. Conway has done a considerable amount of work as a session musician. Conway is married to vocalist Jacqui McShee, who is the singer of Pentangle, a band Conway is also a member of. History Conway was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk. In the 1970s, he was the drummer for the band Fotheringay as well as for Eclection (other members included Kerrilee Male, Georg Kajanus s George Hultgreen Michael Rosen and Trevor Lucas). In their early years, Steeleye Span also drafted in the services of Conway, who was a friend of the band. Conway played on their now-classic song "Dark-Eyed Sailor" and several others from their first album, '' Hark! The Village Wait'' (1970), which album also feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddha And The Chocolate Box
''Buddha and the Chocolate Box'' is the eighth studio album by Cat Stevens. The title came to Stevens when he was travelling to a gig on a plane with a Buddha in one hand and a box of chocolates in the other. He pondered that if he were to die in the plane, these would be the last objects with him, and he would be caught between the spiritual and the material worlds. The album leans towards the spiritual path and is an indication of the direction his life would follow. The single "Ready" reached number 20 in Canada. Track listing All tracks composed by Cat Stevens ;Side one # "Music" – 4:21 # "Oh Very Young" – 2:36 # "Sun / C79" – 4:35 # "Ghost Town" – 3:10 # "Jesus" – 2:14 ;Side two # "Ready" – 3:18 # "King of Trees" – 5:07 # "A Bad Penny" – 3:21 # "Home in the Sky" – 3:38 Personnel * Cat Stevens – vocals, synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, production, design, concept, illustrations * Alun Davies – acoustic guitar, vocals * Bruce Lynch – bass guitar * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numbers (Cat Stevens Album)
''Numbers'' is the ninth studio album, and the first concept album, by singer/songwriter Cat Stevens released in November 1975. History of the album The album ''Numbers,'' subtitled "A Pythagorean Theory Tale," was based on a fictional planet in a far-off galaxy named Polygor. The album included a booklet with excerpts from a planned book of the same name written by Chris Bryant and Allan Scott. The booklet features pen-and-ink illustrations drawn by Stevens. The concept of the album is a fantastic spiritual musical which is set on the planet Polygor. In the story there is a castle with a number machine. This machine exists to fulfill the sole purpose of the planet – to disperse numbers to the rest of the universe: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 (but notably not 0). The nine inhabitants of Polygor, the Polygons, are Monad, Dupey, Trezlar, Cubis, Qizlo, Hexidor, Septo, Octav, and Novim. As the last lines of the book say, they "followed a life of routine that had existed for as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Lynch
Bruce Lynch (born 1 June 1948, in New Zealand) is an electric and acoustic bassist, producer and arranger. Music career Arriving in the UK in the mid-1970s, Lynch became a commercially successful session musician, touring extensively with Cat Stevens, including Stevens's 1976 Earth Tour as a sideman that was recorded as the album/DVD, '' Majikat'', released in 2004; he appeared on six of Steven's albums. His wife Suzanne Lynch sang backing vocals for much of this time. He also recorded on two albums for Richard Thompson, and an album with Rick Wakeman as well as on Chris Rea's 1980 album ''Tennis'' and on Kate Bush's debut album. While in the UK, he was also an early member of British jazz fusion band Morrissey–Mullen, together with fellow New Zealand session musician Frank Gibson, Jr. on drums. Returning to New Zealand in 1981, he started arranging and orchestrating for New Zealand television and jazz ensembles. He later became a record producer, producing, amongs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Roussel
Jean Alain Roussel (born 1951 in Port Louis, Mauritius) is a Musician, Composer, Record Producer, Arranger, Educator and 'Music and Life Coach'. He is best known for keyboard work from the 1970s through today, playing regularly with Cat Stevens (e.g. "Peace Train", "Bitter Blue", "Oh Very Young"," Tuesday's Dead", " Wild World", " Where Do The Children Play", "Sitting", " Catch Bull At Four", " Teaser & The Firecat"), recording and arranging on ''Ghost in the Machine'', with The Police (e.g. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", 1981), Composer of Rick Ross's Grammy Nominated, "Ashamed" and Wilson Pickett's "Shameless", recipient Jacques d'Honneur Award 2022 at Cours Florent (France), as well as performing a variety of roles with dozens of others (e.g. Paul Kossoff, Thin Lizzy, Roy Buchanan, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Osibisa, Elkie Brooks, Paul Rodgers, John Martyn, Alan White, Roger Glover, Gary Moore, Ron Wood, Cheryl Lynn, Sting, Dusty Springfield, Paul Simon, Rick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alun Davies (guitarist)
Alun Davies (born 21 July 1942) is a Welsh guitarist, studio musician, recording artist, and composer who rose to fame primarily with his supporting guitar work and backing vocals as accompanist for English musician Cat Stevens, from early 1970 to 1977. Prior to his association with Stevens, Davies co-wrote, sang, and played on two albums: in 1963, with Jon Mark, (known then as John Michael Burchell) and in 1968, as a member of the band Sweet Thursday with Mark, keyboardist Nicky Hopkins, Harvey Burns and Brian Odgers, when folk-rock music was still in its infancy. When their label declared bankruptcy, Davies was invited to join Cat Stevens as a session musician, who was attempting to change his sound and advance in the music world. Davies' experience, similar tastes in the emerging folk-rock genre, and capabilities with guitar and voice placed him in a pivotal role in Stevens' career, resulting in hit songs and a string of RIAA platinum certified breakthrough albums. Two su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later in his career, Islamic music. He returned to making secular music in 2006. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. His 1967 debut album and its title song "Matthew and Son" both reached top ten in the UK charts. Stevens' albums ''Tea for the Tillerman'' (1970) and ''Teaser and the Firecat'' (1971) were certified triple platinum in the US. His 1972 album ''Catch Bull at Four'' went to No.1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and spent weeks at the top of several other major charts.Billboard – Catch Bull at Four Allmusic. Retrieved 20 Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father And Son (song)
"Father and Son" is a popular song written and performed by English singer-songwriter Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens) on his 1970 album ''Tea for the Tillerman''. The song frames a heartbreaking exchange between a father not understanding a son's desire to break away and shape a new life, and the son who cannot really explain himself but knows that it is time for him to seek his own destiny. Stevens sings in a deeper register for the father's lines, while using a higher one for those of the son. Additionally, there are backing vocals provided by Stevens' guitarist and friend Alun Davies beginning mid-song, singing an unusual chorus of simple refrains. In 2021, it was listed at No. 408 on '' Rolling Stone'''s " Top 500 Best Songs of All Time". Origins Cat Stevens originally wrote "Father and Son" as part of a proposed musical project starring Nigel Hawthorne, called ''Revolussia'', that was set during the Russian Revolution, and could also have become a fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A&M Records Albums
A&M may refer to: Education * A&M Consolidated High School, a four-year public high school in College Station, Texas Higher education *Arts et Métiers ParisTech, a French engineering school Land-grant universities A&M could refer to any of a number of Agricultural and Mechanical Universities created by the Morrill Land-Grant Acts: *Alabama A&M University *Florida A&M University * Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as just "Louisiana State University" or "LSU" *Prairie View A&M University * Southern University and A&M College *Texas A&M University, the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System Community colleges * Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Former Names of Universities * Mississippi A&M College, now Mississippi State University * Oklahoma A&M College, now Oklahoma State University–Stillwater Companies *Alvarez and Marsal *A&M Records, a record label formed in 1962 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Lynch
Suzanne Joy Lynch (née Donaldson, born 20 March 1951) is a New Zealand singer who has worked professionally under the names Suzanne Donaldson, Suzanne Lynch and Suzanne. Career Lynch first came to wide public knowledge in the 1960s as half of the duo The Chicks with her sister, Judy Hindman, on the NZBC television series ''C'MON''. In 1969, she became a solo performer and was a resident performer on the follow-up show ''Happen Inn''. In 1970 she was voted ''NZ Entertainer of the Year'' and won a Loxene Golden Disc in 1972. After marrying fellow entertainer Bruce Lynch she moved to London, England, where she worked as a session musician until she became a regular part of Cat Stevens' vocal group and appeared on several of his albums until he gave up recording after a religious conversion. The first song Lynch did for Stevens was "Oh Very Young" in which she sang the solo and background vocals. Lynch appeared on the 2008 and 2009 series of ''Stars in Their Eyes'' as vocal coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keyboard (music)
A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the interval of an octave. Pressing a key on the keyboard makes the instrument produce sounds—either by mechanically striking a string or tine ( acoustic and electric piano, clavichord), plucking a string (harpsichord), causing air to flow through a pipe organ, striking a bell (carillon), or, on electric and electronic keyboards, completing a circuit (Hammond organ, digital piano, synthesizer). Since the most commonly encountered keyboard instrument is the piano, the keyboard layout is often referred to as the ''piano keyboard''. Description The twelve notes of the Western musical scale are laid out with the lowest note on the left. The longer keys (for the seven "natural" notes of the C major scale: C, D, E, F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Cregan
James Cregan (born 9 March 1946) is an English rock guitarist and bassist, best known for his associations with Family, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel and Rod Stewart. Cregan is a former husband of the singer Linda Lewis and worked with her as a record producer. He has also worked with London Quireboys, Glass Tiger, Katie Melua and formed ''Farm Dogs'' with Bernie Taupin. Career Born in Yeovil, Somerset, to Irish parents, Cregan joined The Falcons, When aged fourteen, which was formed whilst he attended Poole Grammar School. After developing his next band ''The Disastisfied Blues Band'', Cregan briefly joined with future Traffic frontman Dave Mason, in ''Julian Covay and the Machine'' in 1967 and moved on to join the rock and soul band ''The Ingoes'' as a vocalist and guitarist. This band soon morphed into the psychedelic Blossom Toes the same year, who later turned to guitar-led rock. After recording Julie Driscoll's solo album ''1969,'' Cregan joined the soft rock band Stud. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
