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Biography
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Eden Ahbez
Real name: George Alexander Aberle
Effective period / Period of releases: 1960 - 2016
Eden Ahbez (born April 15, 1908 – died March 4, 1995) was an American songwriter and recording artist of the 1940s-1960s, whose lifestyle in California was influential on the hippie movement. He was known to friends simply as ahbe.Ahbez composed the song "Nature Boy," which became a #1 hit for eight weeks in 1948 for Nat "King" Cole and has since become a pop and jazz standard.