Raffi (musician)
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Raffi Cavoukian, CM
, OBC
(born July 8, 1948), better known by his stage name Raffi, is a Canadian-Armenian singer-songwriter
, author, essayist and lecturer
. He has developed his career as a "global troubadour
", to become a music producer, author, entrepreneur, and founder of the Centre for Child Honouring, a vision for global restoration.
, Egypt
, to Armenian
parents, he spent his early years in Egypt before emigrating with his family to Canada in 1958, eventually settling in Toronto
, Ontario. His mother named him after the Armenian poet Raffi
. His father Arto Cavoukian was a well-known portrait photographer with a studio on Bloor Street in Toronto. His brother Onnig Cavoukian
, known as "Cavouk", is also a famous portrait photographer. His sister is Ann Cavoukian
, Ontario
's Information and Privacy Commissioner.
In the early 1970s, Raffi frequented a guitar store near Yonge
and Wellesley called Millwheel, where he met other developing Canadian musicians such as David Wilcox and John Lacey. Raffi ran a coffee house at the University of Toronto
up until 1980. He befriended John Lacey, a folk guitarist from Oakville, Ontario, who helped Raffi improve his finger picking (John went on to become a steel guitar player). Raffi continued playing folk guitar in various coffee houses in Toronto and Montreal before hitchhiking to Vancouver in 1972 to find "fame and fortune". He returned to Toronto after a few years and was invited to sing for a Toronto public school. Despite his own hesitations about singing for kids, he was an immediate success and thus began his career entertaining children.
He moved to Mayne Island
near Victoria, British Columbia
, in 1989.
Raffi started his own fund, and now is an environmentalist as well as a musician.
Some of Raffi's best-known children's songs are "Bananaphone
," "Baby Beluga
," and "Down by the Bay
."
Most of Raffi's children's albums include small, simple, folk instrumentations, prominently featuring Raffi's vocal and guitar work. Early works included contributions from Toronto-area folk musicians, including Ken Whiteley and Bruce Cockburn
. Raffi also incorporated many world music sounds into his records.
Raffi preferred to play in small intimate settings. In his autobiography, he notes that he turned down a very lucrative offer to perform a concert at Madison Square Garden
, because he thought the venue was too large for him to connect to children.
He also wrote that early in his career, he found it difficult to perform for younger kids (under 3 years old) because their short attention span was distracting to him and to the rest of the audience. This led to a hiatus from children's performing in the mid 1980s.
Raffi is currently the president of Troubadour Music Inc., a triple-bottom-line
company he founded to produce and promote his work according to his ethical standards.
call to action on global warming
, recorded with Dr. David Suzuki
in the chorus. "Cool It" was the theme song for Dr. Suzuki's recent Canadian tour to promote action on climate change.
In 2006, with Dr. Sharna Olfman, he co-edited an anthology, Child Honouring: How to Turn This World Around, which introduces Child Honouring as a philosophy for restoring communities and ecosystems. It contains chapters by Penelope Leach
, Fritjof Capra
, David Korten
, Riane Eisler
, Mary Gordon
, Graca Machel
, Joel Bakan
, Matthew Fox
, Barbara Kingsolver
, and others. The book’s foreword is by the Dalai Lama
. Resisto Dancing: Songs of Compassionate Revolution is the companion music record album for that book.
In a 2006 speech, Iona Campagnolo
, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
, referred to Child Honouring as a "vast change in the human paradigm."
Raffi advocates for a child's right to live free of commercial exploitation
and he has consistently refused all commercial endorsement offers. Raffi's company has never directly advertised nor marketed to children. In 2005, he sent an open letter to Ted Rogers of Rogers Wireless
, urging them to stop marketing cell phones to children http://www.commercialalert.org/news/archive/2005/08/raffi-asks-rogers-not-to-market-mobile-phones-to-children. He has also turned down a film proposal for "Baby Beluga" because of the nature of the funding, which was based on exploitative advertising and marketing.
Raffi has been hailed for his work as "Canada's all time children's champion" (Toronto Star, March 10, 1996).
In October 2006, Raffi was presented with the Fred Rogers Integrity Award by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood at the Judge Baker Children's Center in Boston, for his consistent refusal to use his music in endorsements that market products directly to children.
Raffi is associated with several NGOs, including the Council of Human Development, the Darwin Project Council, the Center for Partnership Studies, the Center for Children's health and the Environment, and the Center for Early Child Development.
Organizations affiliated with Raffi:
Raffi's music:
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
, OBC
Order of British Columbia
The Order of British Columbia is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Instituted in 1989 by Lieutenant Governor David Lam, on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier Bill Vander Zalm, the order is administered by the Governor-in-Council and is intended to honour...
(born July 8, 1948), better known by his stage name Raffi, is a Canadian-Armenian singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, author, essayist and lecturer
Lecturer
Lecturer is an academic rank. In the United Kingdom, lecturer is a position at a university or similar institution, often held by academics in their early career stages, who lead research groups and supervise research students, as well as teach...
. He has developed his career as a "global troubadour
Troubadour
A troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages . Since the word "troubadour" is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz....
", to become a music producer, author, entrepreneur, and founder of the Centre for Child Honouring, a vision for global restoration.
Personal life
Born in CairoCairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, to Armenian
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
parents, he spent his early years in Egypt before emigrating with his family to Canada in 1958, eventually settling in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario. His mother named him after the Armenian poet Raffi
Raffi (poet)
Hakob Melik Hakobian , better known by his pen name Raffi , is a renowned Armenian author born in 1835 in Payajouk, an Armenian village situated in the Salmas province in Persia. He died in 1888 in Tiflis...
. His father Arto Cavoukian was a well-known portrait photographer with a studio on Bloor Street in Toronto. His brother Onnig Cavoukian
Onnig Cavoukian
Onnig J. Cavoukian, known professionally as Cavouk, is a well-known Canadian photographer.- Early life and career :Born in Cairo in 1945 to ethnic Armenian parents Artin and Lucie Cavoukian, Onnig Cavoukian emigrated with his family from Cairo to Canada in 1958...
, known as "Cavouk", is also a famous portrait photographer. His sister is Ann Cavoukian
Ann Cavoukian
Ann Cavoukian is the current Information and Privacy Commissioner for the Canadian province of Ontario.- Early life and career :Born in Cairo in 1952 to ethnic Armenian parents Artin and Lucie Cavoukian, Cavoukian immigrated to Toronto with her family in 1958...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
's Information and Privacy Commissioner.
In the early 1970s, Raffi frequented a guitar store near Yonge
Yonge Street
Yonge Street is a major arterial route connecting the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto to Lake Simcoe, a gateway to the Upper Great Lakes. It was formerly listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest street in the world at , and the construction of Yonge Street is designated an "Event of...
and Wellesley called Millwheel, where he met other developing Canadian musicians such as David Wilcox and John Lacey. Raffi ran a coffee house at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
up until 1980. He befriended John Lacey, a folk guitarist from Oakville, Ontario, who helped Raffi improve his finger picking (John went on to become a steel guitar player). Raffi continued playing folk guitar in various coffee houses in Toronto and Montreal before hitchhiking to Vancouver in 1972 to find "fame and fortune". He returned to Toronto after a few years and was invited to sing for a Toronto public school. Despite his own hesitations about singing for kids, he was an immediate success and thus began his career entertaining children.
He moved to Mayne Island
Mayne Island
Mayne Island is a rustic 21-km² island in the southern Gulf Islands chain of British Columbia. It is situated midway between the Lower Mainland of BC and Vancouver Island, and has a population of around eleven hundred.-History:...
near Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
, in 1989.
Raffi started his own fund, and now is an environmentalist as well as a musician.
Children's entertainer
Once called “the most popular children’s singer in the English-speaking world” (Washington Post, May 31, 1992) he is well-loved by the children of the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s for his popular children's songs. His autobiography, The Life of a Children's Troubadour, documents the first part of his award-winning career.Some of Raffi's best-known children's songs are "Bananaphone
Bananaphone
Bananawhoa is a popular children's album released by Raffi in 1994. The title track's lyrics describes the bananaphone. The song uses many puns such as "It's a phone with appeal!" and nonce words like "bananular" and "interactive-odular" as Raffi extols the virtues of his unique telephone. The...
," "Baby Beluga
Baby Beluga
Baby Beluga is a music album by popular children's entertainer Raffi, released in 1980. The title track was inspired by a baby beluga that Raffi saw at the Vancouver Aquarium in Vancouver, BC and is considered by many to be his greatest hit....
," and "Down by the Bay
Down by the Bay
"Down by the Bay" is a traditional children's song. A famous version was performed by Raffi and appears on his 1976 album Singable Songs for the Very Young...
."
Most of Raffi's children's albums include small, simple, folk instrumentations, prominently featuring Raffi's vocal and guitar work. Early works included contributions from Toronto-area folk musicians, including Ken Whiteley and Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll.-Biography:...
. Raffi also incorporated many world music sounds into his records.
Raffi preferred to play in small intimate settings. In his autobiography, he notes that he turned down a very lucrative offer to perform a concert at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...
, because he thought the venue was too large for him to connect to children.
He also wrote that early in his career, he found it difficult to perform for younger kids (under 3 years old) because their short attention span was distracting to him and to the rest of the audience. This led to a hiatus from children's performing in the mid 1980s.
Raffi is currently the president of Troubadour Music Inc., a triple-bottom-line
Triple bottom line
The triple bottom line captures an expanded spectrum of values and criteria for measuring organizational success: economic, ecological, and social...
company he founded to produce and promote his work according to his ethical standards.
Advocacy
Raffi's recent musical work focuses on social and environmental causes and appeals to the generation who grew up with his children's music ("Beluga Grads") to effect change in the world. He also promotes those causes through his books, academic lectures and as a speaker. In 2007, Raffi wrote and produced the single, "Cool It", a rockabillyRockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
call to action on global warming
Global warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
, recorded with Dr. David Suzuki
David Suzuki
David Suzuki, CC, OBC is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Ph.D in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department of the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001...
in the chorus. "Cool It" was the theme song for Dr. Suzuki's recent Canadian tour to promote action on climate change.
Child Honouring
In recent years, Raffi has devoted himself to "Child Honouring", his vision for creating a humane and sustainable world by addressing the universal needs of children. The Child Honouring ethic is described as a "vision, an organizing principle, and a way of life—a revolution in values that calls for a profound redesign of every sphere of society". His "Covenant for Honouring Children" outlines the principles of this philosophy.In 2006, with Dr. Sharna Olfman, he co-edited an anthology, Child Honouring: How to Turn This World Around, which introduces Child Honouring as a philosophy for restoring communities and ecosystems. It contains chapters by Penelope Leach
Penelope Leach
Dr. Penelope J. Leach is a British psychologist who writes extensively on parenting issues from a child development perspective....
, Fritjof Capra
Fritjof Capra
Fritjof Capra is an Austrian-born American physicist. He is a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California, and is on the faculty of Schumacher College....
, David Korten
David Korten
David C. Korten is an American economist, author, and former Professor of the Harvard Business School, political activist and prominent critic of corporate globalization, "by training and inclination a student of psychology and behavioral systems". His best-known publication is When Corporations...
, Riane Eisler
Riane Eisler
Riane Tennenhaus Eisler is an Austrian-born American scholar, writer, and social activist. Born in Vienna ca. 1937, her familyfled from the Nazis to Cuba when she was a child; she later emigrated to the United States. She has degrees in...
, Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon (child advocate)
Mary Gordon, C.M., B.A., is a Canadian educator, social entrepreneur, child advocate and parenting expert. She is the founder and president of both Roots of Empathy and Seeds of Empathy, non-profit evidence-based programs dedicated to promoting emotional literacy and empathy among...
, Graca Machel
Graça Machel
Graça Machel, DBE is a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. She is the third wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela and the widow of Mozambican president Samora Machel...
, Joel Bakan
Joel Bakan
Joel Conrad Bakan is a Canadian writer and Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law.Born in Lansing, Michigan and raised for most of his childhood in East Lansing, Michigan where his parents, Paul and Rita Bakan, were both long-time professors in psychology at...
, Matthew Fox
Matthew Fox (priest)
Matthew Fox is an American priest and theologian. Formerly a member of the Dominican order within the Roman Catholic Church, Fox is now a member of the Episcopal Church....
, Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist and poet. She was raised in rural Kentucky and lived briefly in the former Republic of Congo in her early childhood. Kingsolver earned degrees in biology at DePauw University and the University of Arizona and worked as a freelance writer before...
, and others. The book’s foreword is by the Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...
. Resisto Dancing: Songs of Compassionate Revolution is the companion music record album for that book.
In a 2006 speech, Iona Campagnolo
Iona Campagnolo
Iona Campagnolo, is a Canadian politician, and was the first woman and 27th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Prior to becoming Lieutenant Governor she was a Canadian politician and cabinet member in the Liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.-Career:Born Iona Victoria Hardy...
, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, referred to Child Honouring as a "vast change in the human paradigm."
Raffi advocates for a child's right to live free of commercial exploitation
Advertising to children
Advertising to children is the act of marketing or advertising products or services to children, as defined by national legislation and advertising standards. Advertising to children is often the subject of debate, relating to the alleged influence on children’s consumption. Rules on advertising to...
and he has consistently refused all commercial endorsement offers. Raffi's company has never directly advertised nor marketed to children. In 2005, he sent an open letter to Ted Rogers of Rogers Wireless
Rogers Wireless
Rogers Wireless is a wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services throughout Canada using Global System for Mobile Communications and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System technology. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications...
, urging them to stop marketing cell phones to children http://www.commercialalert.org/news/archive/2005/08/raffi-asks-rogers-not-to-market-mobile-phones-to-children. He has also turned down a film proposal for "Baby Beluga" because of the nature of the funding, which was based on exploitative advertising and marketing.
Raffi has been hailed for his work as "Canada's all time children's champion" (Toronto Star, March 10, 1996).
In October 2006, Raffi was presented with the Fred Rogers Integrity Award by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood at the Judge Baker Children's Center in Boston, for his consistent refusal to use his music in endorsements that market products directly to children.
Awards and memberships
- Order of Canada (1983)
- Order of British Columbia (2001)
- United Nations' Earth Achievement Award
- Doctor of Music, from the University of Victoria (honorary degree)
- Doctor of letters, from the University of British Columbia (honorary degree)
- Doctor of letters, from Wilfrid Laurier University (honorary degree)
- Fred Rogers Integrity Award (2006)
Raffi is associated with several NGOs, including the Council of Human Development, the Darwin Project Council, the Center for Partnership Studies, the Center for Children's health and the Environment, and the Center for Early Child Development.
Discography
- Good Luck BoyGood Luck BoyGood Luck Boy is Raffi's first LP album for his Troubadour label, released in 1975. This is one of two records Raffi made with adult listeners in mind...
(1975) - Singable Songs for the Very YoungSingable Songs for the Very YoungSingable Songs for the Very Young is a music album by Canadian children's entertainer Raffi, released in 1976.The album contains a mixture of traditional and original songs. Simple instrument arrangements and clear, forward vocals make each track easy to follow and sing along with. Despite its...
(1976) - Adult EntertainmentAdult Entertainment (Raffi album)Adult Entertainment is Raffi's third LP album for his Troubadour label, released in 1977. This is the second of two records Raffi made with adult listeners in mind . Apart from several self-penned songs, Raffi also covers songs from Jesse Winchester and fellow Canadian folk artist Stan Rogers...
(1977) - More Singable SongsMore Singable SongsMore Singable Songs is a music album by popular children's entertainer Raffi, released in 1977. The sequel to Singable Songs for the Very Young, the album shares many of the same qualities as its predecessor, such as its composition, a mixture of traditional and original songs.According to the...
(1977) - Corner Grocery StoreCorner Grocery StoreThe Corner Grocery Store is a music album by popular children's entertainer Raffi, released in 1979.-Track listing:#"You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song" – 1:35#"Pick a Bale o' Cotton" – 1:22...
(1979) - Baby BelugaBaby BelugaBaby Beluga is a music album by popular children's entertainer Raffi, released in 1980. The title track was inspired by a baby beluga that Raffi saw at the Vancouver Aquarium in Vancouver, BC and is considered by many to be his greatest hit....
(1980) - Rise and Shine (1982)
- Raffi's Christmas AlbumRaffi's Christmas AlbumRaffi's Christmas Album is a 1983 music album by children's entertainer Raffi. The album was later remastered and re-released on October 22, 2002...
(1983) - One Light, One SunOne Light, One SunOne Light, One Sun is a music album by popular children's entertainer Raffi, released in 1985 by Rounder Records, today through their Rounder Kids label.-Track listing:#"Time to Sing" – 1:48#"Apples and Bananas" – 1:40...
(1985) - Everything GrowsEverything GrowsEverything Grows is a music album by popular children's entertainer Raffi, released in 1987.-Track listing:#"Bathtime" – 3:01#"Brown Girl in the Ring" – 2:24#"This Little House" – 1:11#"The Mountain Polka" – 1:32#"Savez-Vous Planter Les Choux? – 1:34...
(1987) - Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine BandRaffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine BandRaffi in Concert with the Rise & Shine Band is a music album by popular children's entertainer Raffi, released in 1996. This is also on VHS tape, released in 1988...
(1988) - Evergreen EverblueEvergreen EverblueEvergreen Everblue is a music album by popular children's entertainer Raffi, released in 1990.-Track listing:#"Intro/Evergreen, Everblue" – 4:51#"Mama's Kitchen" – 3:31#"Big Beautiful Planet" – 3:23#"Alive and Dreaming" – 3:46#"Where I Live" – 4:05...
(1990) - Raffi On Broadway: A Family Concert (1993)
- BananaphoneBananaphoneBananawhoa is a popular children's album released by Raffi in 1994. The title track's lyrics describes the bananaphone. The song uses many puns such as "It's a phone with appeal!" and nonce words like "bananular" and "interactive-odular" as Raffi extols the virtues of his unique telephone. The...
(1994) - Raffi RadioRaffi RadioRaffi Radio is an album by popular children's entertainer Raffi, released in 1995.- Track listing :# "Opening" – 1:45# "Raffi Radio" – 3:30# "Kitchen Sing Sing" – 2:15# "Berry Nice News — Seasons" – 0:54# "Sunflower" – 3:47...
(1995) - Country Goes RaffiCountry Goes RaffiCountry Goes Raffi is a tribute music album where Country Music stars perform songs by popular children's entertainer Raffi. The album was released in 2001.-Track listing:#"The Bowling Song" - Asleep At The Wheel#"Down by the Bay" - Eric Heatherly...
(2001) (tribute album) - Let's PlayLet's Play (Raffi album)Let's Play! is a music album by popular children's entertainer Raffi, released in 2002, and is Raffi Cavoukian's first album ever released in the 2000s.-Track listing:#" Let's Play"#" Swing"#" Yellow Submarine"#" Eensy Weensy Spider"...
(2002) - Quiet TimeQuiet Time (album)Quiet Time is a music album by popular children's entertainer Raffi, released in 2006.-Track listing:# Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star# Listen to the Horses# Like Me and You# Nursery Rhyme Medley# Mary Wore Her Red Dress# Fais Do Do# Spring Flowers...
(2006) - Resisto Dancing - Songs of Compassionate RevolutionResisto Dancing - Songs of Compassionate RevolutionResisto Dancing - Songs of Compassionate Revolution is a music album by popular children's entertainer Raffi, released in 2006.-Track listing:# Human Child# Where We All Belong # Blessed Be# It Takes a Village# Tomorrow's Children...
(2006) - CommunionCommunionCommunion may refer to:*Communion , the relationship between Christians as individuals or Churches*Full communion, a term used when two distinct Christian Churches say they are sharing the same communion...
(2009)
Filmography
- Raffi in Concert (1986)
- Raffi on Broadway Video (1987)
- Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band Video(1988)
- A Young Children’s Concert with Raffi Video(1989)
Adult
- The Life of a Children’s Troubadour.
- Child Honouring: How to Turn this World Around.
Children
- Spider on the Floor.
- Everything Grows.
- This Little Light of Mine.
- Raffi Children's Favorites, lyrics and chord arrangements for 50 songs.
- Six Little Ducks.
- Wheels on the Bus.
- Baby Beluga.
- Down by the Bay.
- Shake My Sillies Out.
External links
Organizations affiliated with Raffi:
- The Darwin Project Council
- Center for Partnership Studies
- Center For Children's Health and the Environment
Raffi's music: