Skip to content
EntityQ426657· pop 12· linked from 152 articles

Eden Ahbez

Sign in to save

Also known as George Alexander Aberle

American songwriter and recording artist (1908–1995)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1908-04-15
Active to
1995-03-04

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
83,970
Total plays
630,402

Tags

psychedelicexoticaloungeoutsiderfolk

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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/eden+ahbez">Rea

via Last.fm · eden ahbez

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
George
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Place of death
Los Angeles
Occupation
poet
Languages spoken
English language
Genre
exotica
Show 7 more facts
cause of death
traffic collision
date of birth
1908-04-15
date of death
1995-03-04
manner of death
accidental death
start of work period
1940-00-00
pseudonym
eden ahbez
Sources (4)

via Wikidata · CC0

Available in 9 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0