al stewart sang the song the year of the cat.
who sang the song the year of the cat?
al stewart
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"year of the cat" is a single by british singer-songwriter al stewart, released in july 1976. the song is the title track of his 1976 album "year of the cat", and was recorded at abbey road studios, london in january 1976 by engineer alan parsons. the song reached number 8 on the "billboard" hot 100 in march 1977. although stewart's highest charting single on that chart was 1978's "time passages", "year of the cat" has remained stewart's signature recording, receiving regular airplay on both classic rock and folk rock stations.





















































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year of the cat (song)
"black cat" has influenced the production of numerous songs and inspired various artists to foray into the rock genre. record producer redone was inspired by "black cat" for several songs on nicole scherzinger's debut album, "killer love". jessica simpson considers the song an influence, saying "janet's music rocks", citing "black cat" and "rhythm nation" specifically, adding "janet affects my music." fefe dobson said the song was a primary influence for her third album "joy", saying "i heard janet's 'black cat,' with its rock guitar riff. that's what this album reflects." dobson explained, “black cat” incorporated a bunch of different types of music into one song. it was pop. it was punk. it was rock and roll. and i am all of those things. i think it hit me as a kid really hard, because i love to experience a fusion of musical genres." mexican singer selena cited jackson among her main influences, with chris pérez stating, "selena especially loved jackson's song 'black cat' ... i can't even count how many times selena and i listened to that single." solange knowles also called the song an influence, saying, "i remember i had a solo dance for a song of hers called 'black cat', and that was the start of my janet love affair", wearing a black unitard and cat ears. rihanna's single "rockstar 101" was considered reminiscent of jackson's pursuit, and she also worked with nuno bettencourt, the guitarist on the single edit of "black cat", during the song's live performances. alanis morissette's transition from dance-pop into alternative rock with "jagged little pill" was partially inspired by the song, with author paul cantin writing, "she may have been a fan of dance music, but when the band covered janet jackson's rock-flavoured song 'black cat', her bandmates could see how eager she was to let go." singer-songwriter bj the chicago kid cited jackson's performance on the rhythm nation world tour as an inspiration to enter the music industry, saying "i remember seeing the black cat tour with janet jackson as a kid. they were wheeling a cage out on stage and there's a black panther in there! i'm like a kid in the photographers pit like, 'woah.' she's beautiful and i'm seeing a real live fucking cat.. [i] would later be signed to motown records and do the same thing. so they were instilling and pouring into my soul the whole time."
black cat (song)