Cats In The Cradle

He is a british singer songwriter multi instrumentalist humanitarian and education philanthropist in december 1977 stevens converted to islam and adopted the name yusuf islam the following year.

Cats in the cradle. Cat stevens is the former stage name of steven demetre georgiou born in london on 21 july 1948. Cat s cradle is a two person game played with a string tied in a circle. Cat s in the cradle is a 1974 folk rock song by harry chapin from the album verities balderdash. As chapin s only number one song it became the best known of his work and a staple for folk rock music.

Cat s in the cradle is a 1974 folk rock song by harry chapin from the album verities balderdash. The ugly kid joe cover of the song peaked at 6 on the billboard hot 100 and 7 on the uk singles chart but is still often mistaken for a guns n roses or a skid row cover of the song. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. He began releasing music as yusuf in 2006.

Stevens albums tea for the tillerman 1970 and teaser. My child arrived just the other day he came to the world in the usual way but there were planes to catch and bills to pay he learned to walk while i was away. In 1992 american rock band ugly kid joe covered the song and released i. The single topped the us billboard hot 100 in december 1974.

The song later became a hit for the hard rock group ugly kid joe. The two people use their hands to make different shapes with the string. Chapin s recording of the song was nominated for the 1975 grammy award for best male pop vocal performance and was inducted into the grammy hall of fame in 2011.