SINGER Tells The Story of 70s Classic Hit PRODUCED by Alan Parsons | Professor of Rock

Up next we have a great one for you. The story behind the top 5 radio hit, the Year of the Cat by Al Stewart, that ruled the charts in late 1976 into 1977, produced by legend Alan Parsons who engineered Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. This song is a one of those great pop mysteries and we have the exclusive story from the Al Stewart along with Alan Parsons next on. Professor of Rock.

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I’ve talked about it before on here but I always love a great song that is like a puzzle. A song that you have to really listen to carefully, almost like you’re decoding it. Al Stewarts classic 1976 song Year of the Cat is definitely one of those compositions. It was released in 1976 and peaked at #5 on the billboard hot 100 in 1977, it also went to the top 10 in Australia.

The film Casablanca was a major inspiration for the song, which name checks actors Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre. and in fact its the biggest hit about Casablanca in history, even more successful that Casablanca’s own popular standard, As Time Goes By, It’s interesting how a lot of pop artists at that time were inspired by Humphrey Bogart, as Rupert Holmes was very close to using the actor as the main part of the lyric to Escape the Pina Colada song, changing the lyric at the last second of if You like Pina Coladas instead and then of course Bertie Higgins name checked Bogie in his 1981 Yacht Rock classic Key Largo.

Scottish singer songwriter and folk rocker Al Stewart came to the music scene as part of the British folk revival of the 60s and 70s. He had a very interesting style of mixing folk rock songs with masterfully woven tales of unique characters and events in history, He actually played at the first ever Glastonbury festival in 1970. He lived in a flat for a time with a young Paul Simon. He even knew Yoko Ono before she even met John Lennon. He’s worked with everyone form Jimmy Page to Richard Thompson.

When he started creating the landmark album Year of the Cat, he had genius producer engineer and artist Alan parson at the helm. AL Stewart actually had ll of the music and orchestration written and completely recorded before he even had a title for any of the songs. I was fortunate to interview both Al Stewart about this elegant pop masterpiece, as well as it’s producer Alan Parsons.

It’s a story behind the song that will have you exploring the song and album in depth once you see this, because it has such a cool and mysterious aura. This video is sponsored by Zenni Eyewear, my favorite specs. If you need a new pair of glasses or sunglasses whether prescription or non prescription, you will love the variety and excellence of Zenni. They are affordable, less than what you’ll spend on a vinyl record and you get to design your own, Go to Zenni.com today. Here’s Al Stewart and Alan Parsons with the story of Year of the Cat

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