Born in London on July 21, 1947 to a Swedish mother and a Greek restaurateur
father, Steven Demetre Georgiou was introduced to traditional Greek music,
before taking up folk music as a teenager and practicing the guitar. He made his
stage debut under the name Steve Adams when one of his classmates introduced him
to his father, producer Mike Hurst (ex-Springfields), who invited him to
audition for the Deram label. Now Cat Stevens, he scored his first hit with the
single "I Love My Dog" (1966) and other tracks on the pop albums Matthew & Son
and New Masters. In a typically folk vei...