Cat Stevens
uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, July 1970
HE'S STILL ONLY 21 but Cat Stevens has returned to the music scene and given himself a new lease of life. Naturally he's changed in the couple of years since Matthew And Son and I Love My Dog were big hits and Cat was a teenage pop star in the traditional sense.
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