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Raffi Cavoukian CM OBC (Armenian: Րաֆֆի, born July 8, 1948), known professionally by the mononym Raffi, is an Armenian-Canadian singer-lyricist and author born in Egypt best known for his children's music.
- Janet Burns
- HE’S ARMENIAN-CANADIAN BY WAY OF EGYPT. Raffi Cavoukian’s grandparents fled their homeland during the Armenian Genocide in the 1910s. It was a combination of luck, endurance, and his grandfather's serious knack for art—a talent he used to make fine portraits—that finally brought them safely to Cairo.
- HE’S A HUGE HOCKEY FAN. Getty Images. As soon as his family arrived in Toronto, Raffi became hooked on Canada’s national pastime. In fact, his first musical compositions in English imitated play-by-play commentary broadcast during Hockey Night in Canada games, and often featured the Toronto Maple Leafs, his favorite team at the time.
- HE’S NAMED AFTER A FAMOUS ARMENIAN AUTHOR. Raffi explained in his 1998 autobiography that his first name is a tribute to Hakob Melik Hakobian (pen name: Raffi), a renowned 19th-century Armenian poet and writer [PDF].
- HE WAS A GIGGING FOLK MUSICIAN FIRST … Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 2.5. By the early ‘70s, Raffi had been regularly performing his and others’ folk tunes in bars and cafes from Toronto to Vancouver and back (his wife Deb, a teacher, was their household's primary wage earner).
May 6, 2020 · How Raffi Became the All-Time Kids’ Music Icon — Without Compromising. To kids around the world, Raffi needs no introduction: The singer-songwriter behind "Baby Beluga" is a surviving — and ...
Aug 22, 2020 · Raffi was the most popular children’s singer in the English-speaking world, but he was also getting divorced, moving to the West Coast and throwing himself into the fight against climate change.
- Eric Andrew-Gee
Jan 30, 2008 · Raffi. Raffi Cavoukian, children's singer (b at Cairo, Egypt 8 July 1948). Raffi's Armenian family came to Canada in 1958 and settled in Toronto. He began his career as a folksinger in coffee houses in 1970, but found his niche playing for young children four years later.
Dec 20, 2020 · As Raffi observes, it profoundly marked his development as a songwriter by kick-starting his desire to write songs about tough issues for kids — such as ecology and climate change. "You can help...
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Jan 26, 2022 · From his origins as a protest singer to writing hits like “Baby Beluga” and “The More We Get Together,” Raffi is just one of the greatest musicians of our time, regardless of the fact that he puts out kids’ tunes.
