Ella Jenkins, the woman who popularized childhood classics like “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” died on November 9. After decades of revolutionizing children’s music, Ella Jenkins has died at the ...

Young children in a classroom (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Ground Picture) Ella Jenkins, whose revolutionary approach to children‘s music transformed how generations learned through song, has ...

For most people, the image of a rock star involves leather, steel and a background of smoke, strobe lights and pyrotechnics. In the world of children’s music, however, the genre’s preeminent rock star ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Children's folk singer and Chicago treasure Ella Jenkins turned 100 on Tuesday, and celebrations are happening everywhere—from the Old Town School of Folk Music to Gallagher Way at ...

Ella Jenkins, the prolific, multigenerational musical pioneer who became known as the “First Lady of Children’s Music,” died Saturday. She was 100. The lifetime achievement Grammy Award winner, who ...

Ella Jenkins, the legendary “First Lady of Children’s Music,” has passed away at the remarkable age of 100, according to her longtime label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. A St. Louis native, Jenkins ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Legendary Chicago singer and songwriter Ella Jenkins has died. Jenkins, dubbed the "First Lady of Children's Music," was 100 years old. Her well-known songs include "You'll Sing a ...

A lot of people grew up hearing Ella Jenkins songs - like this one. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "YOU'LL SING A SONG AND I'LL SING A SONG") ELLA JENKINS: (Singing) You'll sing a song, and I'll sing a song.

Jenkins is the best-selling individual artist in the history of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. By Jessica Lynch Ella Louise Jenkins, celebrated as the “First Lady of the Children’s Folk Song,” ...

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 than ...