Raffi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Hakob Melik Hakobian, Akop Melik-Akopyan, Hakob Hakobian
Armenian playwright (1835–1888)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 79
Top works
- Wheels on the Bus
- Kaytser; Volume 2
- Kaytser; Volume 1
- The Fool
- Raff Children's Favorites
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1948-07-08
children's music
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 245,989
- Total plays
- 7,781,068
Tags
childrensCanadiancomedymetalhumor
1) Raffi Cavoukian, CM, OBC (born July 8, 1948), usually known simply as Raffi, is a popular children's entertainer in Canada, the United States, and the English speaking Western world at large. Some of his best known songs are "Bananaphone," "Baby Beluga," "Down by the Bay," "Shake My Sillies Out," and "All I Really Need." Born in Cairo of Armenian parents, he spent his early years in Egypt before emigrating with his family to Toronto in 1958. Today, Raffi resides on Mayne Island near Victoria
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hagop
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Persian Empire
- Place of birth
- Pekajik
- Place of death
- Tbilisi
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Languages spoken
- Armenian
- Notable work
- Salpi
- Record label
- A&M Records
- Image
- Raffi.jpg
- Residence
- Tbilisi
Show 10 more facts
- end of work period
- 1888-00-00
- Commons category
- Raffi
- date of birth
- 1835-01-01
- date of death
- 1888-04-25
- influenced by
- Khachatur Abovian
- place of burial
- Armenian cemetery of Khojivanq
- start of work period
- 1860-00-00
- birth name
- Յակոբ Մելիք-Յակոբեան
- pseudonym
- Րաֆֆի
- ethnic group
- Armenians
Sources (2)
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