‘Birds and Bees’ singer Akens dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jewel Akens, a pop singer who had a 1960s hit with “The Birds and the Bees,” has died in Southern California at age 79.
His wife, Eddie Mae Akens, tells the Los Angeles Times Akens died Friday from back surgery complications at an Inglewood hospital.
The song was No. 3 on Billboard’s Top 100 chart in 1965 and later was covered by Dean Martin and others. Akens never duplicated its success but performed into his 70s.