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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...
Raffi is a music producer, author, entrepreneur and ecology advocate. In 2010, he founded the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring —a global movement that views honouring children as the best way to create sustainable, peacemaking cultures.
Sep 9, 2021 · Still, for all his activism, Raffi is best known for his work as a children’s entertainer and educator, and it’s a role he holds with pride. His latest project, Thanks A Lot, is a board...
- Marah Eakin
Jan 26, 2020 · He's been playing children's music for more than 40 years, has been nominated for three Grammy Awards; sold more than 15 million records, and has the generations of fans to prove it. "I mean,...
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Oct 23, 2015 · Born in Cairo and emigrating to Toronto when he was 10 with his parents, brother, and sister — now a portrait photographer and privacy champion, respectively — Raffi discovered his joy of music...
