--UNOFFICIAL-- Botb: Singers & Songwriters: Round 2 Cat Stevens vs Roy Orbison

[a21schizoidman]

CAT STEVENS

Yusuf Islam,[1] (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948 in London, UK), best known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British musician of Greek Cypriot and Swedish ancestry. He is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist and prominent convert to Islam.

As 'Cat Stevens', he has sold over 60 million albums around the world since the late 1960s. His albums Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat were both certified as Triple Platinum by the RIAA in the United States (three million sales each); his album Catch Bull at Four sold half a million copies in the first two weeks of release and was Billboard's number-one LP for three consecutive weeks. His songwriting has also earned him two ASCAP songwriting awards for "The First Cut Is the Deepest," which has been a hit single for five different artists.

Stevens converted to Islam at the height of his fame in 1977. The following year, he adopted his Muslim name Yusuf Islam and left his music career to devote himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community. In 2006, he returned to pop music, with his first album of new pop songs in 28 years, entitled An Other Cup.

He has been given several awards for his work in promoting peace in the world, including 2003's World Award,[2] the 2004 Man for Peace award, and the 2007 Mediterranean Prize for Peace. He lives with his wife and children in London. Yusuf Islam spends part of each year in Dubai.[3]

Wild World:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHXpnZi9Hzs

Father and Son:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TzJf...eature=related

Peace Train:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sjSHazjrWg

Oh Very Young:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_eUnxDE8YY


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ROY ORBISON

Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988), nicknamed "The Big O," was an influential Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades. Orbison is best known for the songs, "Ooby Dooby," "Only the Lonely," "In Dreams," "Oh, Pretty Woman," "Crying," "Running Scared," "You Got It". He was known for his smooth tenor voice, which could jump three octaves with little trouble. He was rarely seen on stage without his trademark black sunglasses. In 1987, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 1989, he was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Only the Lonely:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFxbIYF6cmw

Ooby Dooby:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6512LFJjU3I

It's Over:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itoVtnuQkko

Blue Bayou:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-rlECiW4BA

[afterstasis]

it almost pisses me off that i have to vote against cat stevens, but roy orbison maaaan...
"crying" is probably my favorite song of the 60's.

[sg327]

I like both...Orbison's got a few more songs I listen to so he gets my vote.