Eden Ahbez ![Eden Ahbez](https://i.discogs.com/sHf3MbkYqBJsdbSC_r37II-8pSCSa8_9MvR0cZNzfWg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:465/w:360/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9BLTQ1ODc2/LTEyNjk5ODQwNDUu/anBlZw.jpeg) Image from Discogs ![Powered by Audioscrobbler™](/images/lastfm-mini_grey_2.gif) 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. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. Artist biography from last.fm
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