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There are several artists with this name: 1) A Spanish singer 2) A French singer-songwriterRaphaël Haroche Raphaël 3) A Japanese rock group Ｒａｐｈａｅｌ 4) An American New Age artist 5) A Russian Hip-Hop & RnB artist. 1) Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez , worldwide as Raphael, is one of the best known singers from Spain, his career began in 1959. Wide-range voice, added to his flamboyant stage personna has entertained and engaged people worldwide for more than four decades. He is also a movie and television actor. He is the father of Spanish movie director Jacobo Martos. Raphael is known for...

Raphael Saadiq (born Charlie Ray Wiggins on May 14, 1966 in Oakland, California) is an acclaimed American music artist. He is a singer, songwriter and record producer associated with the neo-soul music movement. Saadiq made a name for himself as the lead vocalist in the rhythm and blues and dance trio Tony! Toni! Toné!. He went by his birth name during the beginning of Tony! Toni! Toné!, where he was joined by his brother Dwayne Wiggins, and his cousin Timothy Christian. He adopted the name of Raphael Saadiq in the mid-1990s. After the 1996 Tony! Toni! Toné! album, House of...

There is more than one band called The Raphaels: 1) The Raphaels are Marcus Hummon and Big Country lead singer Stuart Adamson. This was Stuart's final project before his untimely death in 2001. 2) Ottawa, ON, garage rock band that cut one 45 in 1965. some more info: http://www.garagehangover.com/raphaels/ .

Raphael Rabello was born in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was the youngest child of his family, which included many musicians. His sister Luciana made a name for herself on the cavaquinho. His other sister, Amélia, became a singer. His first guitar teacher was an older brother, Ruy Fabiano, when Raphael Rabello was seven years old. However, the biggest influence on Rabello starting his music studies was his grandfather, José de Queiroz Baptista, who was a choro guitar player. He studied music theory with Maria Alice Salles, who also taught his brothers and sisters. In the 1970s, he took...