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When Cat Stevens‘ Tea for the Tillerman hit record stores in the fall of 1970, albums like James Taylor’s Sweet Baby James, the Carpenters’ Close to You, and Bob Dylan’s New Morning were dominating the charts. But this British folk-rocker stood out from his peers immediately, with songs that spoke …

In the early Sixties, Phil Spector was already on his way to immortality, having produced girl-group classics like the Crystals’ “He’s a Rebel” and the Ronettes “Be My Baby.” Then he had a radical thought: He wanted to make the first rock & roll Christmas album. In this special holiday …