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, British Columbia.