Ella Jenkins, ‘The First Lady of Children’s Folk Song,’ Dies at 100 Jenkins is the best-selling individual artist in the history of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

The children's music icon died at the age of 100 in Chicago. 60 vintage photos that will send every '60s kid back to the best and worst of the decade I’ve worked with over 1,000 kids—the ones ...

Ella Jenkins, a self-taught musician who defied her industry's norms by recording and performing solely for children, and in doing so transformed a marginal and moralistic genre into a celebration ...

By Todd Feurer, Adam Harrington, Jim Williams Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago singer and songwriter Ella Jenkins, known as the “First Lady of Children’s Music ...

Ella Jenkins, a self-taught musician who became known as the first lady of children's music, writing and performing songs that educated and empowered young listeners while inviting them to clap ...

CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago singer and songwriter Ella Jenkins, known as the “First Lady of Children’s Music,” has died at the age of 100. Jenkins, a children’s folk singer whose career ...

Ella Jenkins, Chicago's first lady of children's music, dies at 100 From her townhouse in Lincoln Park, Ella Jenkins traveled the world, playing for generations of kids who never forgot listening ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago singer and songwriter Ella Jenkins, known as the "First Lady of Children's Music," has died at the age of 100. Jenkins, a children's folk singer whose career spanned more ...

Ella Jenkins, the first lady of children’s music, dies at 100 Ella Jenkins, the woman who popularized childhood classics like “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” died on November 9.

CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago singer and songwriter Ella Jenkins, known as the “First Lady of Children’s Music,” has died at the age of 100. Jenkins, a children’s folk singer whose career ...

INSKEEP: Ella Jenkins was known as the first lady of children's music. The Grammys honored her with a Lifetime Achievement Award. And she died yesterday at the age of 100.