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Eden Ahbez

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Eden Ahbez

Eden Ahbez has been played on NTS over 70 times, featured on 73 episodes and was first played on 7 December 2013.

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…

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Full Moon
Eden Ahbez "Nature Boy"
Del-Fi Records1960
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Eden Ahbez "Nature Boy"Del-Fi Records1960
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The Wanderer
Eden Ahbez "Nature Boy"
Del-Fi Records1960
The Wanderer
Eden Ahbez "Nature Boy"Del-Fi Records1960
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The Old Boat
Eden Ahbez
Del-Fi Records1960
The Old Boat
Eden AhbezDel-Fi Records1960
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Market Place
Eden Ahbez "Nature Boy"
Del-Fi Records1960
Market Place
Eden Ahbez "Nature Boy"Del-Fi Records1960
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Myna Bird
Eden Ahbez "Nature Boy"
Del-Fi Records1960
Myna Bird
Eden Ahbez "Nature Boy"Del-Fi Records1960
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Eden's Cove
Eden Ahbez "Nature Boy"
Del-Fi Records1960
Eden's Cove
Eden Ahbez "Nature Boy"Del-Fi Records1960
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Tradewind
Eden Ahbez "Nature Boy"
Del-Fi Records1960
Tradewind
Eden Ahbez "Nature Boy"Del-Fi Records1960
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Nature Boy
Eden Ahbez
Accent1995
Nature Boy
Eden AhbezAccent1995
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The Wanderer
Eden Ahbez
Del-Fi Records1996
The Wanderer
Eden AhbezDel-Fi Records1996
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La Mer
Eden Ahbez
Domino2008
La Mer
Eden AhbezDomino2008
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