Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens: Tea for the Tillerman

Album #147 - November 1970

Episode date - July 10, 2019

The Top 500 of The Top 40
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    In the early seventies, the ‘singer/songwriter’ movement had become a full-blown phenomenon.

    Whenever music historians discuss this era, the same names always get thrown around – Jams Taylor, Jackson Browne, Carole King, Joni Mitchell… For reasons that I don’t fully understand, Cat Stevens does not usually get mentioned in this category, and yet he was a profound influence on the development of the trend, and one of the most consistently interesting performers.

    He was also an innovator, releasing his debut album in 1967. By 1970, Stevens was already a popular artist, but “Tea for the Tillerman” made him an international star. The album still holds up today as well as it did in 1970, so it is only right that Stevens be granted the status he deserves as one of the originators of the singer/songwriter trend, and also one of its best.

    Where Do the Children Play

    Hard Headed Woman

    Wild World

    Sad Lisa

    Miles From Nowhere

    But I Might Die Tonight

    Longer Boats

    Into White

    On the Road to Find Out

    Father and Son

    Tea for the Tillerman

    November 1970 -  Billboard Charted #8

     

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