Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2014)

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Yusuf / Cat Stevens was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.
Watch the full Induction Ceremony • Yusuf / Cat Stevens - ...
Speech 00:00
Father and Son 10:22
Wild World 14:48
Peace Train 18:52
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[@reneemallicone6839]

Cat Stevens one of the best voices to ever grace the music scene. Profound lyrics, Poet Spiritual, Legend. Sounds as good as he did 40 years ago. Well deserved!

[@carolegriggs3107]

Well said. Brilliant as ever

[@johnskiotis5492]

This was so much more than the average Hall of Fame ceremony, a generation got to welcome back a beloved voice.

[@franneep]

Omg. Perfectly said. I remember watching this live and weeping. What a kind and gentle man. What a marvelous poet, songwriter, musician. Long overdue recognition. Thank you.

[@larrygonzalez4839]

Great singer

[@paulflemming732]

Nice 👍 one. Beautiful and true.

[@saradavidson3054]

Yes indeed John!! ✌️✌️

[@maggiewickwire2936]

I’ve been a huge fan of Cat Stevens since 1970. I have so much respect for Yusuf Islam. He just gets better and better. ☮️💟

[@marilynsnider8183]

I grew up listening to Cat Stevens. I'm so happy that he got inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of fame.

[@lauriewetzel6912]

Hello, I just wondered if you are the Marilyn that I went to John Hersey High School with in 1970-1974, (Laurie Vieau) Bless!

[@user-vv5xe7bj6q]

@Cat Stevens หน้าที่แล้วต่อไป

[@mastertemple8369]

Well deserved I know Cat is a Richmond Tigers supporter...

[@voulafisentzidis8830]

@Cat Stevens dreams are free.....

[@julianfarnfield-sykes1372]

I’m happy for the rock and roll hall of fame ! They’re the lucky ones ?

[@eyupnail]

It's just amazing how he can make everyone smile broadly and have a good time. He really does spread peace to souls of people around him and to the world.

[@JohnSmith-el6lk]

I can't think of a music artist more worthy/deserving of this award. "Cat" is the man !

[@Ponchiegomezsaso]

I have tears watching this today, I did not expect that, he still moves me so deeply. Yusuf is the most loved song writer of our generation with a heart of gold, a beautiful voice that pierces my heart and the debts of my soul. He lifts me up above the cold world and takes me to where only love exists 💗

[@carolegriggs3107]

Absolutely 🙏🏻

[@greenbergphysicaltherapy9356]

This guy is like a living time capsule. Such an unbelievable artist in his heyday…and then poof…he was gone. Unlike Richie Valens, Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, and Jim Croce, he didn’t die…he just vanished. To have him back is really such a blessing. He gave voice to a generation to find themselves when the world was just as complicated in it’s own way as it is now. Can’t thank him enough for coming back and renewing the spirit he generated. So profound and touching is his presence. He exudes peace and hopefulness. God Bless you Yusuf/Cat!!

[@carolegriggs3107]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@suzannesmith8320]

72 years young and still going strong. God Love him!

[@Keithurban802]

Thank you so much I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music 💕🎶

[@777marylou]

As is his humble ways, Yusuf thanks himself as Cat, his father and 'Morning Has Broken' tribute his mother - his first love - I love this man and all he stands for. Music IS the great PEACEMAKER and BOND shared by all, I believe. Salaam to all. Hail to our Yusuf! Thank you dear kind gentle heart for all the love and peace and bonding you have given to the world.

[@marybechtold3944]

I totally agree with u! Wonderful human being! XO ❤

[@traciwilliams2198]

AMEN!!

[@studebaker3293]

Every word, every sentence written by Yusuf/Cat speaks to our heart....

[@omnivos]

I cant sing peace train without getting emotional.

[@jeanettesmith765]

I'm still listening to my Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat cds. Cat Stevens was my first concert. What a great artist and still has his fabulous voice!

[@kellyo8324]

What a GREAT artist!!! His songs always made me feel better.

[@eugeish]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️

[@christinecharles4586]

Better it is always better

[@kellyo8324]

@@christinecharles4586 yup!☺❤

[@omnivos]

His songs just make you want to sing along.

[@marialuisaabrantes7633]

Same thing happens to me.

[@raisa_cherry33]

Omg same 😍😍❤

[@LADYKAT...]

I did!

[@kamaroonrasheed7238]

Wonderful human being...an inspiration to all humans

[@pmkaka]

So true.

[@AlisonJacobson77Ching]

Human ~ Humane, humble, gracious, generosity of spirit. Wit! Beloved❣

[@karenskoehler3080]

Thankful for years of great music and memories with my brother blasting music!! Cat Stevens being one of them!!

[@kenvelickoff4275]

Glad to have grown up listening and experiencing him first hand...love Ken Herman for turning me on to him

[@Ponchiegomezsaso]

When you spoke of your Mother and her sweet voice it touched my heart. 💗

[@theKrausman]

Too bad he didn't like the name she gave him, and then, the name he gave himself. Lol

[@Ponchiegomezsaso]

@@theKrausman there must be something positive you can do other than making negative and sarcastic remarks.

[@nightskylights4501]

@@theKrausman, what an asinine comment.

[@siancolburn5163]

@theKrausman he kept his name: Steven, when he chose his stage name. He adopted another when he converted to Islam, as is commonplace. This guy is a legend.

[@samcopernicus]

@@theKrausman dont speak if you dont know what youre talking about.

[@waywardsoul3562]

I have loved this man and his music my whole life, his music saved me in so many ways...blessed be... peace

[@bacountess]

A voice for All Humanity!!!! Much Respect..

[@cmataira]

Cat Stevens was my very favorite in early 1970’s I listened to your songs 24-7! your cover drawings were sweet, I bought all your vinyls and sang your songs, still do. Then suddenly you were completely ostracized and my heart broke for you. Yes Almighty took you and kept you real. Thanks for being such an inspirational part of my life!

[@rickbraden4272]

Loved him for 50 years. What a great human being.

[@mchristhomas]

A thoroughly decent and kind human. Has anyone deserved this award more?

[@robertkaplan3686]

The man left at the top!! To leave it all behind and find his faith God Bless Cat /Yousef

[@mooseymoose]

Few artists have impacted my life the way he has. Eternal gratitude to him!

[@michaelwood8199]

For me Yusaf and George Harrison. They did it their way and I am the better for it.

[@D0sTKhan]

With Yousuf you know youre always going to get 100% real. Everytime 🙏

[@mehmetzirek1528]

I fell in love with the music of this man when I was 12, I'm still in love with his music, but added on top of it are his soul, his character and his humility. Thanks Yousuf, for everything you added to our lives, that make other things going around bearable...

[@cookiebee5991]

A very gentle man, I’m thankful for the hours of pleasure hearing his music. Morning has broken was a church hymn long before he sang it.

[@jackfryschman7576]

“It’s now” TIME to make a “Change”, Relax deeply and think about it, Our dream will still be here tomorrow, even though we may not. 🦄🫶♒️

[@misterspitfire6564]

What a gentle man, and a true gentleman! Such a lovely guy - grew up with his wonderful music :)

[@LADYKAT...]

You're amazing! Your voice is still EXACTLY the same! You're beautiful! Congratulations! You're sooooo very special!

[@garyhoffman2505]

I grew up listening to cat stevens in the early 70s. One respected man👍👍👍✌️✌️

[@shiningstar7300]

Congratulations Cat! 🎉🎈🎊 Your induction was long awaited. You've touched so many hearts & souls. You have always been a part of our lives! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! We love you! Peace be with you always! 💕🤗💕✨🙏🏼✨🕊

[@TrumpIsGoingToPrison]

Rediscovering one of the Greatest Singer Songwriters in the last 50 years. The SINGLE most incredible line ever that always takes my breath away..."From the moment I could talk, I was ordered to listen.". Wow...just WOW. A single man with his voice and an Acoustic Guitar silences 10,000 people.

[@dorothyhalfhill2229]

I have been profoundly affected by his music and never tire of hearing him sing those soul soothing songs.

[@Keithurban802]

Thank you so much I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music 💕🎶

[@kellyhiggins4234]

I couldn't imagine my life without Cat Stevens as a youngin growing up . Thank you ☔

[@ArtFernandez1]

This is a very, very, special human being.

[@2GunRock]

This induction was so long overdue and unless you were alive during the height of Cat Stevens' popularity it's hard to explain just how enormous he was in the early 70's. For his particular genre, singer-songwriters, you couldn't get any bigger than Cat Stevens, which made it all the more puzzling when he just up and decided to quit making music at the absolute height of his popularity. It was especially puzzling for a young child, totally incapable of being a deep thinker, which is what I was at that time. All I knew was this amazing artist who had a slew of hit songs on the radio decided to call it quits, and he totally disappeared from the public eye as soon as he made that decision, never to be seen or heard from again. I actually remember asking another kid, slightly older than me but just a kid too nonetheless, why Cat Stevens would do such a thing, and he told me Cat Stevens became a Monk. LOL 🤣 Obviously he knew Cat chose some kind of religious conversion, but he didn't know what to call it either, so he called it a Monk. 😂 Of course me not knowing any better, I just accepted that as factual and for quite a few years I just assumed Cat Stevens was a Monk and living in a Monastery or some such thing. LOL Hey, I was just a kid so I didn't know any better. Only as I entered my teens did I find out the true story, but either way that's why this induction and reappearance seems so special to me, even more special than the usual R&R HOF inductions.

[@elizabethsaffioti1432]

The funny thing is that I pretty much thought and felt the same way as you, but for me, this all happened when I was in college. I guess I wasn’t a very deep thinker either. All I knew was that he became a Muslim and stopped singing. I was heart broken, and obviously pretty selfish for feeling that way. I’m happy that he’s bask to performing.

[@beenaplumber8379]

He was right about one thing - it was a risk inducting him into the R n R Hall of Fame. Another Saturday Night, Wild World, and Peace Train were rock by some standards, but he was clearly never a rocker. Then dropping out for a religious conversion put some people off. That said, his music (a massive catalog given the time he was active) was so fundamental to what pop-rock was in the early 70s. Since then nearly everyone seems to have covered at least one of his songs. I think it was a good move, and well deserved. Still, they took a risk, but for all the right reasons.

[@Fryman17]

I was a lawyer in Cleveland for a firm and worked on a matter for the Rock Hall. At the end of a client meeting the Director asked me if I wanted to go to the Hall for free. I told him I refuse to go until Cat Stevens was inducted. He chuckled at the joke-but it wasn’t actually a joke.

[@beenaplumber8379]

@@Fryman17 Sir, you *ROCK!*

[@rosariolanteri3608]

Sorry but your little friend was y wrong. Because I m from South America and I was a teenager and I read on the newspapers he became budist and a Monk. And he was living in the mountains. And only a few days ago I ve read he became into the Islam. I don t know anything else about those past years

[@ross6343]

I remember the first time in 1971 I heard "Peace Train" - I was totally mesmerized. To this day [2023 and yes, I'm 70+ years old], Peace Train still effects me the same way! Thank you Yusuf for impacting my life in ways words fail me [and forgive me for thinking 'Cat Stevens' everytime I hear this song...I do catch myself up to Yusuf though]. Peace!

[@michelgingras7430]

Peace Peace and thank you Yusuf / Cat Stevens for all your beautiful songs, its truly a gift to us all. God bless you and all of us.

[@henfaga]

My favorite hippie era artist ,i have listened his music since my chidhood , and i still do , is a unique artist , that combines lirics , composition, and talent ,is amazing the creativity of this human being with a Guitar , his soul and his heart .

[@KLeonardM]

Bravo!! I feel like I am visiting an old friend Yusuf. What a great feeling. Congratulations and God bless you from Philadelphia, USA

[@megancunningham9471]

I am so in awe of you, Ustaz Yusuf. I am in my 40s, and my own mother brought me up a fan of your music. I found this video clip while introducing you and your music to my little girls. Thank you for inspiring my family with your lovely melodies for 50+ years now.

[@conradobrigoli3968]

I always like and love his songs frim childhood until now that Im already 56. What a great artist he is!

[@2510katjo]

It is 8-31-23 and i am just seeing this. May i say, Yusuf/Cat you have been a part of me since the 70's. I love all of your music. I will be 67 in a few months, so we will call it a lifelong fan. Keep the Peace Train rolling, Love Always to you.

[@lauriewetzel6912]

I've been listening to this amazing man's music since 1973! Can recite every word of each of his songs just about. Thank-you for all of it. Stay Blessed!

[@Keithurban802]

Thank you so much I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music 💕🎶

[@eglencekosesi5008]

Greetings from Turkey! May everyone be blessed with the Month of Ramadan! May Allah accept the fasting of everyone who fasts InshaAllah

[@sarahd.787]

Some of my most favorite childhood memories had these songs playing in the background.

[@gafairbanks2434]

@@officialyusufcatsteven9185 Words cannot ever express what your 🎵 meant to me thru the years and STAND STRONG today for that day COMMING is the here and now! So glad you went home my dear 😇💜🕊 " Wild World" does not encompasses today's Confussions. PEACE TRAIN - ALL ABOARD 🥰🕊🌎

[@Ponchiegomezsaso]

What a wonderful night it was for your fans, and for you, we waited so long.💗🎵🎶 God bless you Yusuf , I love you.💗

[@evangelineyuzon4733]

Ameen

[@angelabaiers5055]

Amen.

[@786humaira1]

Ameen

[@Keithurban802]

Thank you so much I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music 💕🎶

[@Ponchiegomezsaso]

God Bless you Yusuf, you are so sweet, each time I hear your speech and listen to your amazing performance on this night, my heart melts. Don't ever forget how amazing you are. 😊💗

[@ambergolacinski5064]

I have loved you forever. I still know the lyrics after all these years, I'm seventy-three. One of my favorites Mona Bone Jakon. Peace and love.

[@luib193]

My choice of songs when the kids are in the car with me . Such a peaceful voice and clean family friendly music. Breath of fresh air unlike the rubbish currently playing on the mainstream radio. Love your work ❤

[@Keithurban802]

Thank you so much I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music 💕🎶

[@robbinschulte6849]

Tea for the Tillerman!! One of my all time favorite records. I had the great privilege of seeing Cat Stevens live back in the day

[@kristinesanservino6125]

How I love this man. He was and still is devastingly handsome and so effing talented. I grew up in rock and roll..except for him. He was a whole different experience and I loved the vibe his music put me in. I was a chronic runaway child and Wild World was my secret theme song.. It still is. Thank you for the whole experience. And BTW I was pleasently surprised to see Waddy Welchel accompany him on guitar.

[@Keithurban802]

Thank you so much I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music 💕🎶

[@kristinesanservino6125]

@@Keithurban802

[@nellgmz2125]

What a beautiful person you are Cat/Yusuf. I have been a fan of you for more than 40 years of my life. Thank you for your Sound, Music, Voice, Lyrics, etc. .I am a woman that always has admired you, and Thank God gave me a beautiful husband, man, father of my kids, friend and soulmate that introduced me to your Songs! THANKS HEAPS CAT/YUSUF!!!.

[@kriscammaer3403]

A wonderful evening. So well deserved. The tribute to your mother brought tears to my eyes, Yusuf. It was great to see you so happy 🕊🎉

[@simonedgbaston]

@@officialyusufcatsteven9185 😂

[@samcopernicus]

@@officialyusufcatsteven9185 this is sweet but impostor!!!

[@drugfwpmed]

His music transcends time!

[@raisa_cherry33]

Indeed 😍😍😍😍👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ronfreeman5857]

The Man is a legend.. and will always remain so.. great to see the great Waddy Wachtel there too...

[@sikucingcomel2717]

Well If you want to sing out, sing out, If you want to be free, be free There's a million ways to be You know that there are... 🎶🎵😁❤️

[@jeanpardo6899]

I grew up to Cat Steven's songs; my high school years (break time) were spent mostly on the stairs of our school with classmates/friends singing while the guys playing the guitars! Oh high school days, the best part of my life! A well-deserved award, congratulations (7 years late).....but better late than never! Love you and God Bless you more! Our high school 50th anniversary is coming up (2023); and for sure, we will include in our program most of your songs!

[@ramos32morais]

Yusuf, me, my father and my brother luv u. Nowadays we are far away not just because of Covid19. On my weedding, I choose to play "father an Son". Your song can unite family. Congrats.

[@sdrewe99]

Well deserved.Congrats Yusuf/Cat!-brilliant artist you are!

[@wolfeyes9357]

I was driving in our car when my daughter at 5 years old looked at me and Daddy, is there only one road to get back home? I said " no sweetheart, there are many"...she put her finger to her chin and said " Daddy, I think that is like religion and GOD....there are many roads to get to GOD...right? I pulled over and cried while hugging her! I said, yes that is correct! Honesty from a child is as pure, is good and full of Love! Let us all....Christianity, Judaism, Islam embrace and go forward together with Love. Is not that what GOD wants from us....to Love each other.

[@sheevamatimbas4300]

Genius, your daughter has a great future ahead of her

[@venitabanerjee]

It would be a beautiful world ... If all thought like your daughter did !!! ... A big hug to her 💕

[@2GunRock]

I can't help but notice the juxtaposition on "Father and Son" ... and it makes me think, where did the time fly? When he made it a hit record he was the son in that song, but when he sang it at this award ceremony he was the father.

[@FishpondsLady]

I grew up with Cat Stevens. My mum had all his records so I listened to them. His Glastonbury set was amazing. I'm proud to wear my Cat Stevens t shirt and people stop to say how much they like him as well. A one off and a truly great musician .

[@starwest3121]

1 of my favorite people on the Planet!!!!💙💙

[@jamesdamm3323]

Tru ❤🧡💛

[@raisa_cherry33]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@bettyduffey3364]

So glad this happened - one of my favorites! Congrats! Well deserved!

[@Keithurban802]

Thank you so much I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music 💕🎶

[@sidninewton5377]

I always knew you were searching for truth. I’m glad on your journeying you found answers. I prayed for years that you would Find what you were searching for and come back and sing again. It’s such joy to see you out there again -

[@micralleuc5678]

He is an incredible artist and a fabulous man. Respect, Yusuf Cat Stevens.

[@Orion3741]

It is a pleasure to come across this clip. And an even greater pleasure to see that Cat Stevens got inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame, back in 2014.

[@yalboor8189]

It is well preserved for its age. His voice is always on point. We love you yousuf/cat

[@Hypnobunny1]

Love this man and his music so much always put me in a happy place ❤️❤️❤️

[@eelmohamed]

"Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train"

[@traciwilliams2198]

Thank you…for your music, for your heart, and…for coming back. ❤❤❤

[@shelleymack1659]

Your songs made such an impact on me through middle/high school. So very glad I had the chance to see you in concert then. I still have your albums, and my daughter has accepted the gift of your music in her life as well, listening to you often. Here's hoping my grandchild, who hears you often, will carry that gift forward. Blessings of peace to you and your family from Cleveland, the home of the R&RHF.

[@Keithurban802]

Thank you so much I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music 💕🎶

[@deborahhysell8257]

Cat Stevens always was my favorite singer I love Cat Stevens

[@theresawatson8691]

A wild world indeed; we all do what we can to pass through it. I still have all my albums from the 70s. Meaningful words.

[@Jim-ok9zi]

The master the musical genius the poet cat Stevens 👏👏👏👏

[@monads1247]

Keep the peace! What a beautiful mantra from “The Poet” of the 70’s. God bless this man and his family.

[@Eagleeye6677]

Undoubtedly he'd finally earned such well deserved induction into the Rock n Roll hall of fame.

[@UncleFishbits]

He's such a genuine and pure dude. =) Thank you for everything.

[@deborahhysell8257]

Cat Stevens was always my favorite, I love his music

[@ismaildewi4236]

MasaAllah.... we love you brother

[@vasilissimeonidisofficial]

You influenced my whole life with your music ,thank you so much, all the way from Athens Greece

[@Ponchiegomezsaso]

Its wonderful to relive this night again. The night of all nights when our tears fell and we were filled with happiness 💗 Your speech was so emotional, funny and honest, like a breath of fresh air. 💗😊

[@777marylou]

wow, never saw this or heard it - thankful - he is so deserved!

[@PattiFinn]

Great. One of the greats. I remember singing this song as a little girl and loving it as much now as I did then. Blessings to all!

[@jacklucking691]

A Great Man......God Bless him always.

[@ananci1389]

Thank you for a lifetime of uplifting, soul strengthening, courage filled, words ... to truly live by. God Bless⚘

[@officialyusufcatsteven9185]

@@ananci1389 Thanks so much for your kind words I cannot chat here and i am always so happy to speak with my fans if you wish to speak more with me you can add me on my private Whats app account if you don't mind you can write me ‪+1 (435) 263‑1601‬

[@zainizaudi3678]

Wow. Hai from Malaysia peace. I donno English much. I'm 31 I like all your songs.

[@utapiekarski7852]

❤❤❤What a speech, what a humor and what a voice! 🙏🙏🙏 Brings me back to school days when our english teacher introduced us into Yusuf/Cat Stevens' music. Thank you Sir, for all the music that you have given and still give to us!🙏🎶❤️

[@spiro5724]

I was 9 years old in 1967 and got my dad to buy me cat stevens Mathew and Son, i think the b side was granny. i played that record over and over it was at the time the only record i had. i think it was on the decca label, i have loved yusuf/cat stevens music ever since. thank you for the music Yusuf.

[@Ravyne]

You are such a beautiful soul. Thank you for decades of music that speaks to my own soul. Blessings be upon you and your lovely family, dear Yusuf.

[@kaymuldoon3575]

I’m so glad he came back to music. It’s his gift to the world.

[@carlrosendorf5210]

Simply magic.. The tears flow with father and son

[@halomari56]

Allah blessed you with a never ending beautiful voice, and the charisma and taught you how to write beautiful words and beautiful music that will never fade away, so praize be Allah the almighty the best of creators who created you

[@avgwhitegurl6646]

He said there's only one, so you have to come here with your bias

[@halomari56]

@@avgwhitegurl6646 what is this jargon?

[@marsi9617]

You think Allah did that.... LOL.... Get real.

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

He’s Greek heritage nothing to do with A ,

[@halomari56]

@@jamesfitzgerald6636 It definitely has. Allah is the creator! He is the sustainer or giver. Many greeks have awful voices

[@lara8550able]

Bravo dear Angel.

[@robertsimpson5136]

Tea for the Tillerman, part of the soundtrack of my life.

[@jeffash9754]

As a kid I used to listen to his music on my dad's reel to reel player. He's awesome

[@birdlynn417]

He is SO loved!! We love you, Yusuf! 🤩❤😃

[@edwinclark5041]

If he only knew. The tea for the tillerman album helped my dad who suffered from ptsd from Nam. Father and son.

[@billlippincott3937]

Peace Train ....timeless!

[@nebstaism]

he was my mums favourite artist ..... i remember when i was a kid i would debate with my mum who was better ... i would say jon bon jovi is the best and my mum would say cat stevens can play every instrument and writes all his own music he's the best ... she put me onto cat stevens music when i was about 4 years old :)