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Ella Jenkins

Ella Jenkins has been played on NTS shows including Questing w/ Zakia, with Wade In The Water first played on 25 June 2017.

Ella Jenkins (born Ella Louise Jenkins in St. Louis, Missouri, on 6 August 1924; died 9 November 2024) was an American singer-songwriter remembered for being "The First Lady of the Children's Folk Song". She was a leading performer of folk and children's music, with her album, Multicultural Children's Songs (1995), long being the most popular Smithsonian Folkways release. She appeared on numerous children's television programs and in 2004, she received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

She performed at America's Reunion on the Mall in 1993, America's Millennium Celebration in 2000, and at Smithsonian's 150th Birthday Party on the Mall in Washington, DC in 1996. In collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, she has acted as a U.S. delegate to Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China, and the former Soviet Union.

As a recording artist, Jenkins gained extensive recognition. Her recordings have received Parents' Choice awards and two Grammy Award nominations in the category of Best Musical Album for Children. In 2004, she was recognized with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Johnson's final album, Camp Songs with Ella Jenkins and Friends, was released in 2017.

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Ella Jenkins

Ella Jenkins has been played on NTS shows including Questing w/ Zakia, with Wade In The Water first played on 25 June 2017.

Ella Jenkins (born Ella Louise Jenkins in St. Louis, Missouri, on 6 August 1924; died 9 November 2024) was an American singer-songwriter remembered for being "The First Lady of the Children's Folk Song". She was a leading performer of folk and children's music, with her album, Multicultural Children's Songs (1995), long being the most popular Smithsonian Folkways release. She appeared on numerous children's television programs and in 2004, she received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

She performed at America's Reunion on the Mall in 1993, America's Millennium Celebration in 2000, and at Smithsonian's 150th Birthday Party on the Mall in Washington, DC in 1996. In collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, she has acted as a U.S. delegate to Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China, and the former Soviet Union.

As a recording artist, Jenkins gained extensive recognition. Her recordings have received Parents' Choice awards and two Grammy Award nominations in the category of Best Musical Album for Children. In 2004, she was recognized with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Johnson's final album, Camp Songs with Ella Jenkins and Friends, was released in 2017.

Original source: Last.fm

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Wake Up, Little Sparrow
Ella Jenkins
Folkways Records1963
Wade In The Water
Ella Jenkins, The Goodwill Spiritual Choir Of The Monumental Baptist Church
Folkways Records1960
Who's Gonna Be Your Man?
Ella Jenkins, The Goodwill Spiritual Choir Of The Monumental Baptist Church
Folkways Records1960
I'm Going To Sea Now
Ella Jenkins
Folkways Records1964
Up And Down This Road
Ella Jenkins, The Goodwill Spiritual Choir Of The Monumental Baptist Church
Folkways Records1960
Racing With The Sun
Ella Jenkins, The Goodwill Spiritual Choir Of The Monumental Baptist Church
Folkways Records1960
A Hump Back Whale
Ella Jenkins
Folkways Records1991
A Solution To Pollution (Introduction To Environmental Concerns)
Ella Jenkins
Folkways Records1991