Word: ahbez
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Dates: during 1948-1948
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...before James Caesar Petrillo put an end to it all on Dec. 31. But who could have guessed that a long-haired Hollywood "hermit," a bearded and usually barefoot character, had a hit song in his pocket? No one did-except Nat ("King") Cole. And last week, with Eden Ahbez' Nature Boy, King Cole and Capitol Records had the biggest musical scoop since...
...into No. 3 on Variety's jukebox hit parade. Other record companies last week scrambled to catch up. Unable to use Petrillo's men, Columbia recorded Frank Sinatra against a chorus of singers; Decca did the same with Dick Haymes. Nature Boy's lyrics, also by Ahbez, were a cut above the usual Tin Pan Alley doggerel...