Eden Ahbez

Real name: George Alexander Aberle
Born: April 15, 1908
Died: March 4, 1995
Country: United States
IPI: 00000294827 5 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Songwriter and performer active from the 1940s into the 1960s. Ahbez spent his early years in a Brooklyn orphanage and was adopted in 1917, moving to Kansas and growing up under the name George McGrew. Ahbez was an inspiration to the California hippie movement as since at least the 1940s, Ahbez had shoulder length hair and a beard, dressed unconventionally and lived outdoors. His most famous song was "Nature Boy".

Songs written by Eden Ahbez

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Hey Jacque	Eden Ahbez, Wayne Shanklin	Eartha Kitt	1955	Unverified
Land of Love (Come My Love and Live with Me)	Eden Ahbez	Nat "King" Cole and The Trio with Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo REC, Doris Day with The Mellomen - Orchestra under the direction of John Rarig REL	March 29, 1949	Covered by (3 artists)
Lonely Island	Eden Ahbez	Sam Cooke	August 23, 1957	Covered by Gene Chandler
Nature Boy	Eden Ahbez	King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol	August 22, 1947	Covered by (678 artists)