Georgiou began to perform his songs in London coffee houses and pubs. At first he tried forming a band, but soon realised he preferred performing solo.[21] Thinking that his given name might not be memorable to prospective fans, he chose a stage name Cat Stevens, in part because a girlfriend said he had eyes like a cat, but mainly because he said, I couldnt imagine anyone going to the record store and asking for that Steven Demetre Georgiou album. And in England, and I was sure in America, they loved animals.[31] In 1966, at age 18, he impressed manager/producer Mike Hurst, formerly of British vocal group The Springfields, with his songs and Hurst arranged for him to record a demo and then helped him get a record deal. His December 1967 album New Masters failed to chart in the United Kingdom. The album is now most notable for his song The First Cut Is the Deepest, a song he sold for £30 to P. P. Arnold that was to become a massive hit for her,[36] and an international hit for Keith Hampshire, Rod Stewart, James Morrison, and Sheryl Crow. Forty years after he recorded the first demo of the song, it earned him two back-to-back ASCAP Songwriter of the Year awards, in 2005 and 2006.[37][38]
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