Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long before he’d cracked the upper reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 thanks to the sax-driven splendor of “Year of the Cat,” Al ...

Decades after its 1976 release, “Year of the Cat” is Al Stewart’s most recognizable hit. Yet there was nothing inevitable about the song’s completion, much less its enduring popularity. Even when ...

With his early singles, Al Stewart’s melodic rock and memorable arrangements blew something fresh into the pop and rock airwaves of the ’70s, with the 1976 single “Year of the Cat” taking him into U.S ...

Though he enjoyed a nice run of radio hits in the 1970s, capped by the classic and enduring “Year of the Cat,” Al Stewart’s career has largely been crafted by playing for a deeply committed, far-flung ...

Al Stewart occupies a unique position in the world of popular music, one he’s maintained over the course of the past 50 years. While he came to mainstream success courtesy of his 1976 international ...