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, a prolific and internationally known singer, songwriter and performer who earned the nickname the “First Lady of Children’s Music,” has died at 100.

Ella Jenkins performing in Denver in 1981. “There is no one who has done more for young people in American musical history than Ella Jenkins,” Dan Zanes, a children’s musician, said. Denver ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ella Jenkins, first lady of children’s music, dies at 100 She introduced generations of children to the joys of music and rhythm, writing such call-and-response classics as “You’ll Sing a ...

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.

Ella Jenkins, celebrated songwriter and ‘First Lady of Children’s Music,’ dies at 100 Ella Jenkins, a children’s musician who had a a career spanning nearly 60 years, died Saturday at 100.

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.

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 ...