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eden ahbez
12+ albums
exoticapsychedelicloungeoutsiderfolk
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eden ahbez (April 15, 1908 – March 4, 1995), born Alexander Aberle in Brooklyn, New York and adopted by a Kansas family and raised under the name George McGrew, was a songwriter and recording artist from the 1940s-1960s, whose lifestyle in California was influential on the hippie movement. He refused to use capital letters to spell his name. Ahbez composed the song "Nature Boy", which became a #1 hit for eight weeks in 1948 for Nat "King" Cole. He lived a bucolic life. From at least as early as the 1940s, he travelled in sandals and wore shoulder-length hair and beard, and white robes. He camped out below the first L in the Hollywood sign above Los Angeles, studied Oriental mysticism, and claimed to live on three dollars a week, sleeping outdoors with his family, and eating vegetables, fruits, and nuts. He was known to friends as ahbe. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
albums
Eden's Island
Eden's Island (Remastered)
Wild Boy: The Lost Songs of Eden Ahbez
Late Night Tales: Trentemøller
Sleepwalk
Echoes From Nature Boy
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Sleepwalk: A Selection By Optimo (Espacio)
Eden's Island - The Music of an Enchanted Isle (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks, 1960)
LateNightTales
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Ahbez: Nature Boy
Eden's Island (The Music Of An Enchanted Isle)
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Trentemøller: LateNightTales