Raffi

Raffi Cavoukian, CM OBC (Armenian: Րաֆֆի, born July 8, 1948), known professionally by the mononym Raffi, is a Canadian singer-lyricist and author of Armenian descent born in Egypt, best known for his children's music. He developed his career as a "global troubadour" to become a music producer, author, entrepreneur, and founder of the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring.

This article is about the children's entertainer. For the Armenian novelist, see Raffi (novelist). For other uses, see Raffi (disambiguation).

Raffi
CM OBC
Raffi in 2007
Background information
Birth nameRaffi Cavoukian
Born (1948-07-08) July 8, 1948
Cairo, Egypt
OriginCanadian
GenresChildren's music
Children's literature
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • author
  • essayist
  • lecturer
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • ukulele
Years active1970s–present
Websiteraffinews.com raffifoundation.org
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