Two Years Ago, Children’s Musician Raffi Revealed He Was Looking for Love. Now, He Shares an Update (Exclusive)

Victoria EdelMon, November 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM UTC

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Raffi with a Bananaphone (left); Raffi now (right)Credit: RaffiMusic/Instagram -

Two years ago, children’s musician Raffi posted that he was looking for love on Threads

Now, Raffi gives PEOPLE an update on his search for a partner

Raffi also shared which celebrity he’d most like to meet

Raffi is an award-winning children’s musician who’s entertained thousands of kids around the world with songs like “Baby Beluga,” “Bananaphone” and “Down by the Bay.” But there’s one thing the musician, 78, hasn’t been able to find.

Back in October 2024, the musician, whose full name is Raffi Cavoukian, shared a post on Threads. He posted a photo of himself smiling and posing next to a tree with his arms held up high. With the image, he wrote, “for some time, I’ve been wanting to meet a special woman with whom to share heartfelt joy. some days it seems that may never happen, other days such a meeting feels imminent. well, universe, what’ll it be? 🌟” Dozens of people commented, pitching women in their lives as possible matches for the singer or giving him their consolations.

Two years later, while speaking with Raffi about his new album, Love Is Everywhere, and his 50 years in children’s music, PEOPLE asked if he had an update to share on his love life.

“If she’s hiding, she’s doing a good job of it because I haven’t found her yet,” Raffi admits.

“I pretend it’s hide and go seek, which it isn’t. So I remain optimistic,” he continues. “What can you do?” He said in the meantime, his dog Luna, a “beautiful” border collie and poodle blend, keeps him company.

“She is a love bug, my Luna, but ladies, here I am,” Raffi shares.

Raffi was previously married to Deborah Joan Pike, though the couple split in the early 1990s, according to theWashington Post.

Raffi began his career with the album Singable Songs for the Very Young, released in 1976. He’d begun performing for kids just two years earlier, in “a little nursery school in North Toronto on a rug on the floor” for an audience of about a dozen kids.

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“I had long hair, and a big black beard, and a headband, and the kids didn’t mind. I went in there and sang a few songs. Apparently I did well, and I was asked back another time to sing,” he remembers.

Singable Songs for the Very Young went gold within 18 months, which is when Raffi realized, “We’ve really got something here.” He remembers singing “The More We Get Together” to an early crowd — and having everyone join in. “I knew that there was something important going on here,” he says.

Raffi singing with kids in 1989Credit: Paul Harris/Getty Images

Singable Songs for the Very Young will be re-released this November. His newest album, Love Is Everywhere, which was released Oct. 23, carries forward the same ethos as all his music. “These songs are fun. They make us smile,” he says. “Some of the songs are pensive and they make our hearts sing. They make us think. That’s a good thing.”

Reflecting on how his songs still resonate with generations of children and adults, he says, “It’s the honor of a lifetime. . . . I’m just so grateful that this fun music with good values, with love and care and respect for the child as a whole person has endured and continues to be enjoyed by millions of families.”

Raffi’s career has taken him around the world and introduced him to people like Kermit the Frog, Mr. Rogers, Emmylou Harris, Jane Goodall and even Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. The one person he’d still like to meet?

“Paul McCartney,” Raffi says. “If Paul’s busy, I’ll take Ringo,” he jokes, admitting that he’s recorded multiple Beatles songs, including “Octopus’s Garden” (which Ringo Starr wrote), “Yellow Submarine” and “Here Comes the Sun.”

“Call me, Ringo,” he says. “On my Bananaphone.”

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