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{{Short description|American folk singer (born 1924)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1924|8|6|mf=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1924|8|6|mf=y}}
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| birth_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], U.S.
| origin = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
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| origin = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], United States
| instruments = [[Ukulele]], harmonica
| instruments = [[Ukulele]], harmonica
| genre = [[Folk music|Folk]], [[children's music]]
| genre = [[Folk music|Folk]], [[children's music]]
| occupation = Singer, songwriter, actress
| occupation = Singer, songwriter, actress
| years_active = 1956–present
| years_active = 1956–present
| label = [[Folkways Records]]<br>[[Smithsonian Folkways]]
| label = [[Folkways Records]]<br />[[Smithsonian Folkways]]
| associated_acts =
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| website = {{URL|www.ellajenkins.com}}
| website = {{URL|www.ellajenkins.com}}
}}
}}


'''Ella Jenkins''' (born August 6, 1924) is an American [[Folk music|folk]] singer and actress. Dubbed "The First Lady of the Children's Folk Song" by the ''[[Wisconsin State Journal]]'', she has been a leading performer of [[children's music]] for over fifty years.<ref name="adventures">{{cite web|url=http://www.ellajenkins.com |title=Ella Jenkins |website=Ellajenkins.com |date=2019-07-29 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> Her album, ''Multicultural Children’s Songs'' (1995), has long been the most popular [[Smithsonian Folkways]] release. She has appeared on numerous children's television programs and in 2004, she received a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/fifthstar0.html#ella |title=City of Chicago : Fifth Star Bios |year=2015 |website=chicago.gov |access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>
'''Ella Jenkins''' (born August 6, 1924) is an American [[Folk music|folk]] singer and actress. Dubbed "The First Lady of the Children's Folk Song" by the ''[[Wisconsin State Journal]]'', she has been a leading performer of [[children's music]] for over 50 years.<ref name="adventures">{{cite web|url=http://www.ellajenkins.com |title=Ella Jenkins |website=Ellajenkins.com |date=2019-07-29 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> Her album, ''Multicultural Children's Songs'' (1995), has long been the most popular [[Smithsonian Folkways]] release. She has appeared on numerous children's television programs and in 2004, she received a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/fifthstar0.html#ella |title=City of Chicago : Fifth Star Bios |year=2015 |website=chicago.gov |access-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-date=May 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516030755/https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/fifthstar0.html#ella |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Family and personal life==
==Family and personal life==
Jenkins was born in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] and grew up in predominantly lower-middle-class neighborhoods in the south side of Chicago. Although she received no formal musical training, she benefited from her rich musical surroundings. Her Uncle Floyd Johnson introduced her to the harmonica and the blues of such renowned musicians as [[T-Bone Walker]], [[Memphis Slim]] and [[Big Bill Broonzy]]. Her family frequently moved around the south side and, as she moved to different neighborhoods, she learned new children's rhythms, rhymes and games.<ref name="interview">Ella Jenkins, interview with the author, May 10, 2007</ref> Gospel music became a part of her soundscape as neighborhood churches broadcast their services onto the street.<ref name="adventures"/> She also enjoyed tap dancing lessons at the local theater and was able to go to the [[Regal Theater, South Side (Chicago)|Regal Theater]] to see such performers as [[Cab Calloway]], [[Count Basie]], and [[Peg Leg Bates]]. Cab Calloway is the person who she credits with getting her interested in call and response singing.<ref>[http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=256&category=music ]{{dead link|date=February 2020}}</ref> While attending [[Kennedy–King College|Woodrow Wilson Junior College]], she became interested in the music of other cultures through her Mexican, Cuban and Puerto Rican friends.<ref name="interview"/> In 1951, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with minors in Child Psychology and Recreation from [[San Francisco State University]].<ref name="adventures"/> Here, she picked up songs of the Jewish culture from her roommates. Upon graduating, she returned to Chicago where she began her career.
Jenkins was born in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] and grew up in predominantly lower-middle-class neighborhoods in the south side of Chicago. Although she received no formal musical training, she benefited from her rich musical surroundings. Her uncle Floyd Johnson introduced her to the harmonica and the blues of such renowned musicians as [[T-Bone Walker]], [[Memphis Slim]] and [[Big Bill Broonzy]]. Her family frequently moved around the south side and, as she moved to different neighborhoods, she learned new children's rhythms, rhymes and games.<ref name="interview">Ella Jenkins, interview with the author, May 10, 2007</ref> Gospel music became a part of her soundscape as neighborhood churches broadcast their services onto the street.<ref name="adventures"/> She also enjoyed tap dancing lessons at the local theater and was able to go to the [[Regal Theater, South Side (Chicago)|Regal Theater]] to see such performers as [[Cab Calloway]], [[Count Basie]], and [[Peg Leg Bates]]. Cab Calloway is the person who she credits with getting her interested in call and response singing.<ref name="HistoryMakers">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/ella-jenkins-39 |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Ella Jenkins |date=August 5, 2002 |website=The History Makers |access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref> While attending [[Kennedy–King College|Woodrow Wilson Junior College]], she became interested in the music of other cultures through her Mexican, Cuban and Puerto Rican friends.<ref name="interview"/> In 1951, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with minors in Child Psychology and Recreation from [[San Francisco State University]].<ref name="adventures"/> Here, she picked up songs of the Jewish culture from her roommates. Upon graduating, she returned to Chicago where she began her career.


==Career==
==Career==
In Chicago, Jenkins began writing songs for children while volunteering in recreation centers.<ref name="adventures"/> She subsequently was hired as a Teenage Program Director for the [[YWCA]] in 1952. While working at the YWCA, she was invited to perform on the Chicago public television show, ''[[The Totem Club]]''. She was soon offered a regular job as the host of its Thursday program, which she entitled ''This is Rhythm''. She invited guests from diverse cultures to share their music's rhythms on her show.<ref name="interview"/>
In Chicago, Jenkins began writing songs for children while volunteering in recreation centers.<ref name="adventures"/> She subsequently was hired as a Teenage Program Director for the [[YWCA]] in 1952. While working at the YWCA, she was invited to perform on the Chicago public television show, ''[[The Totem Club]]''. She was soon offered a regular job as the host of its Thursday program, which she entitled ''This is Rhythm''. She invited guests from diverse cultures to share their music's rhythms on her show.<ref name="interview"/>


In 1956, Jenkins decided to become a full-time freelance musician, a vocation she has pursued for over 50 years. She began her career as a children's musician touring school assemblies in the United States, often sleeping in a different place each night and encountering racial discrimination. As she performed in more varied venues, she began to write music about her experiences. Later that year, a friend recommended that she bring a demo tape to [[Moses Asch]], the founder of [[Folkways Records]]. Asch was receptive to her music and in 1957, her first album, ''Call-And-Response: Rhythmic Group Singing'', was released by Folkways. Since then, Folkways Records and, more recently, [[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]] have released 39 albums, including the popular ''[[You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song]]''. Her 1995 album ''Multicultural Children's Songs'' is the most popular Smithsonian Folkways release to date. She has not only been an important force in children's lives, but in the lives of parents and fellow music educators as well. She has participated in many conferences on music education, and has offered workshops for music educators, parents, and caregivers all over the world.
In 1956, Jenkins decided to become a full-time freelance musician, a vocation she has pursued for over 50 years. She began her career as a children's musician touring school assemblies in the United States, often sleeping in a different place each night and encountering racial discrimination. As she performed in more varied venues, she began to write music about her experiences. Later that year, a friend recommended that she bring a demo tape to [[Moses Asch]], the founder of [[Folkways Records]]. Asch was receptive to her music and in 1957, her first album, ''Call-And-Response: Rhythmic Group Singing'', was released by Folkways. Since then, Folkways Records and, more recently, [[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]] have released 39 albums, including the popular ''[[You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song]]''. Her 1995 album ''Multicultural Children's Songs'' is the most popular Smithsonian Folkways release to date. She has not only been an important force in children's lives, but in the lives of parents and fellow music educators as well. She has participated in many conferences on music education, and has offered workshops for music educators, parents, and caregivers all over the world.


As a performer and educator, Jenkins has traveled extensively, performing her songs on all seven continents (even Antarctica). As she travels, she not only shares her music and experiences but also learns about the cultures of the people she is visiting, taking with her musical traditions and languages that she then shares with her audiences. She has also made television appearances on shows including NBC's ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today Show]]'', CNN's ''[[Showbiz Today]]'', and [[PBS]] programs such as ''[[Barney and Friends]]'', ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'', ''[[The Me Too Show]]'', ''[[Look at Me (TV series)|Look at Me]]'', and in films shown on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. 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.<ref name="adventures"/>
As a performer and educator, Jenkins has traveled extensively, performing her songs on all seven continents (even Antarctica). As she travels, she not only shares her music and experiences but also learns about the cultures of the people she is visiting, taking with her musical traditions and languages that she then shares with her audiences. She has also made television appearances on shows including NBC's ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today Show]]'', CNN's ''[[Showbiz Today]]'', and [[PBS]] programs such as ''[[Barney & Friends]]'', ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'', ''[[The Me Too Show]]'', ''[[Look at Me (TV series)|Look at Me]]'', and in films shown on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. 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.<ref name="adventures"/>


As a recording artist, Jenkins has gained extensive recognition. Her recordings have received Parents’ Choice awards and [[Grammy]] nominations in the category of [[Best Musical Album for Children]]. In 2004, she was recognized with a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Ella jenkins|url=
As a recording artist, Jenkins has gained extensive recognition. Her recordings have received [[Parents' Choice Award|Parents' Choice]] awards and two [[Grammy Award]] nominations in the category of [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children|Best Musical Album for Children]]. In 2004, she was recognized with a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref name="grammy">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/ella-jenkins |title=Artist: Ella Jenkins|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=www.grammy.com |publisher=Recording Academy |access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref>
https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/ella-jenkins|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences}}</ref>


==As an educator==
==As an educator==
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* Inducted into the San Francisco State University Alumni Hall of Fame (2004)
* Inducted into the San Francisco State University Alumni Hall of Fame (2004)
* Grammy Nomination for Best Musical Album for Children for ''Sharing Cultures with Ella Jenkins'' (2005)
* Grammy Nomination for Best Musical Album for Children for ''Sharing Cultures with Ella Jenkins'' (2005)
* Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children for ''cELLAbration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins'' (2005)
* Voted 2005 Chicagoan of the year by Chicago Magazine
* Voted 2005 Chicagoan of the year by Chicago Magazine
* Fellow Award in Music from [[United States Artists]] (2009)<ref>[http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/Public2/Home/index.cfm United States Artists Official Website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110032536/http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/Public2/Home/index.cfm |date=November 10, 2010 }}</ref>
* Fellow Award in Music from [[United States Artists]] (2009)<ref>[http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/Public2/Home/index.cfm United States Artists Official Website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110032536/http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/Public2/Home/index.cfm |date=November 10, 2010 }}</ref>
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* American Library Association Award
* American Library Association Award
* Fifth Star Award from the City of Chicago (2015)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/fifthstar.html |title=City of Chicago: Fifth Star Honors |website=Chicago.gov |access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>
* Fifth Star Award from the City of Chicago (2015)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/fifthstar.html |title=City of Chicago: Fifth Star Honors |website=Chicago.gov |access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>
* [[National Heritage Fellowship]] recipient (2017)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/list?title=&field_year_value=2017 |title=NEA National Heritage Fellowships 2017 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=www.arts.gov |publisher=National Endowment for the Arts |access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref>
* [[National Heritage Fellowship]] winner (2017)


==Discography==
==Discography==
===1950s and 1960s===
===1950s and 1960s===
*1957: ''Call-and-Response Rhythmic Group Singing'' <ref name="folkways13">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2076 |title=Call and Response &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue of FW7638 from 1957. SFW45030 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1957: ''Call-and-Response Rhythmic Group Singing'' <ref name="folkways13">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2076 |title=Call and Response &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue of FW7638 from 1957. SFW45030 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1959: ''Adventures in Rhythm'' <ref name="folkways14">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2106 |title=Adventures in Rhythm &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1989) Reissue of FW7682 from 1959. SFW45007 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1959: ''Adventures in Rhythm'' <ref name="folkways14">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2106 |title=Adventures in Rhythm &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1989) Reissue of FW7682 from 1959. SFW45007 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1960: ''African-American Folk Rhythms'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2062 |title=African-American Folk Rhythms &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date= |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1998) Reissue of ''Negro Folk Rhythms'' FW7654 from 1960. SFW45003 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1960: ''African-American Folk Rhythms'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2062 |title=African-American Folk Rhythms &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1998) Reissue of ''Negro Folk Rhythms'' FW7654 from 1960. SFW45003 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1961: ''This-a-Way-That-a-Way'' <ref name="folkways15">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2104 |title=This-A-Way, That-A-Way &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1989) Reissue of FW7652 from 1961. SFW45002 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1961: ''This-a-Way-That-a-Way'' <ref name="folkways15">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2104 |title=This-A-Way, That-A-Way &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1989) Reissue of FW7652 from 1961. SFW45002 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1961: ''This is Rhythm'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2075 |title=This is Rhythm &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1994) Reissue of FW7652 from 1961. SFW45028 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1961: ''This is Rhythm'' <ref name="folkways.si.edu">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2075 |title=This is Rhythm &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1994) Reissue of FW7652 from 1961. SFW45028 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1964: ''Rhythm & Game Songs for Little Ones'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2074 |title=Rhythm and Game Songs for the Little Ones &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1991) Reissue of FW7680 from 1964. SFW45027 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1964: ''Rhythm & Game Songs for Little Ones'' <ref name="Rhythm and Game Songs for the Littl">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2074 |title=Rhythm and Game Songs for the Little Ones &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1991) Reissue of FW7680 from 1964. SFW45027 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1964: ''Songs and Rhythms From Near and Far'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2063 |title=Song Rhythms and Chants for the Dance with Ella Jenkins; Interviews with “Dance People” &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1997) Reissue of FW7655 from 1964. SFW45033 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1964: ''Songs and Rhythms From Near and Far'' <ref name="folkways8"/> (1997) Reissue of FW7655 from 1964. SFW45033 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1966: ''[[You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song]]'' <ref name="folkwaysll">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2065 |title=You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1989) Reissue of FW7664 from 1966. SFW45010 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1966: ''[[You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song]]'' <ref name="folkwaysll">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2065 |title=You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1989) Reissue of FW7664 from 1966. SFW45010 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1968: ''Play Your Instruments & Make a Pretty Sound'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2109 |title=Play Your Instruments and Make a Pretty Sound &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1994) Reissue of FW7665 from 1968. SFW45018 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1968: ''Play Your Instruments & Make a Pretty Sound'' <ref name="Play Your Instruments and Make a Pr">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2109 |title=Play Your Instruments and Make a Pretty Sound &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1994) Reissue of FW7665 from 1968. SFW45018 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1969: ''Counting Games & Rhythms for the Little Ones'' <ref name="folkways16">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2114 |title=Counting Games and Rhythms For the Little Ones &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue of FW7679 from 1969. SFW45029 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1969: ''Counting Games & Rhythms for the Little Ones'' <ref name="folkways16">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2114 |title=Counting Games and Rhythms For the Little Ones &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue of FW7679 from 1969. SFW45029 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1969: ''A Long Time to Freedom'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=1386 |title=A Long Time to Freedom &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1992) Reissue of FW7754 from 1969. SFW45034 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1969: ''A Long Time to Freedom'' <ref name="A Long Time to Freedom &#124; Smith">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=1386 |title=A Long Time to Freedom &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1992) Reissue of FW7754 from 1969. SFW45034 (LP, Cassette, CD).


===1970s===
===1970s===
*1970: ''Rhythms of Childhood'' <ref name="folkways1">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2107 |title=Rhythms of Childhood &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1989) Reissue of FW7653 from 1963. SFW45008 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1970: ''Rhythms of Childhood'' <ref name="folkways1">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2107 |title=Rhythms of Childhood &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1989) Reissue of FW7653 from 1963. SFW45008 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1970: ''Seasons for Singing'' <ref name="folkways2">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2077 |title=Seasons for Singing &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue of FW7656 from 1970. SFW45031 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1970: ''Seasons for Singing'' <ref name="folkways2">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2077 |title=Seasons for Singing &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue of FW7656 from 1970. SFW45031 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1971: ''And One And Two & Other Songs for Pre-School and Primary Children'' <ref name="folkways3">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2068 |title=And One and Two &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue of FW7544 from 1971. SFW45016 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1970: ''A Long Time to Freedom'' <ref name="A Long Time to Freedom &#124; Smith"/> (1992) Reissue of FW7754 from 1970. SFW45034 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1971: ''And One And Two & Other Songs for Pre-School and Primary Children'' <ref name="folkways3">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2068 |title=And One and Two &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue of FW7544 from 1971. SFW45016 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1971: ''My Street Begins at My House'' <ref name="folkways4">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090407165956/http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2105] </ref> (1989) Reissue of FW7543 from 1971. SFW45005 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1971: ''My Street Begins at My House'' <ref name="folkways4">{{cite web |url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2105 |title=Smithsonian Folkways - Recording Details |website=www.folkways.si.edu |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407165956/http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2105 |archive-date=7 April 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> (1989) Reissue of FW7543 from 1971. SFW45005 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1972: ''Little Johnny Brown'' <ref name="folkways5">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2073 |title=Little Johnny Brown with Ella Jenkins and Girls and Boys from “Uptown” ( Chicago) &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue FW7631 from 1972. SFW45026 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1972: ''Little Johnny Brown'' <ref name="folkways5">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2073 |title=Little Johnny Brown with Ella Jenkins and Girls and Boys from "Uptown" ( Chicago) &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue FW7631 from 1972. SFW45026 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1973: ''This-A-Way That-A-Way'' (1973) Folkways FC 7546. (Vinyl LP, Cassette, CD)
*1973: ''This-A-Way That-A-Way'' (1973) Folkways FC 7546. (Vinyl LP, Cassette, CD)
*1974: ''Nursery Rhymes: Rhyming & Remembering for Young Children & for Older Girls & Boys with Special Language Needs'' <ref name="folkways6">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2070 |title=Nursery Rhymes: Rhyming & Remembering for Young Children & for Older Girls & Boys with Special Language Needs &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue of FW7660 from 1974. SFW45019 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1974: ''Nursery Rhymes: Rhyming & Remembering for Young Children & for Older Girls & Boys with Special Language Needs'' <ref name="folkways6">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2070 |title=Nursery Rhymes: Rhyming & Remembering for Young Children & for Older Girls & Boys with Special Language Needs &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue of FW7660 from 1974. SFW45019 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1974: ''Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs and Chants'' <ref name="folkways7">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2069 |title=Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs and Chants &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date= |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1996) Reissue of FW7661 from 1974. SFW 45017 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1974: ''Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs and Chants'' <ref name="folkways7">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2069 |title=Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs and Chants &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1996) Reissue of FW7661 from 1974. SFW 45017 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1976: ''Growing Up With Ella Jenkins'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2078 |title=Growing Up with Ella Jenkins: Rhythms, Songs, and Rhymes &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue of FW7662 from 1976. SFW45032 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1976: ''Growing Up With Ella Jenkins'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2078 |title=Growing Up with Ella Jenkins: Rhythms, Songs, and Rhymes &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue of FW7662 from 1976. SFW45032 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1977: ''Songs, Rhythms And Chants for the Dance'' <ref name="folkways8">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2063 |title=Song Rhythms and Chants for the Dance with Ella Jenkins; Interviews with “Dance People” &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2000) Reissue of FW7000AB from 1977. SFW45004 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1977: ''Songs, Rhythms And Chants for the Dance'' <ref name="folkways8">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2063 |title=Song Rhythms and Chants for the Dance with Ella Jenkins; Interviews with "Dance People" &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2000) Reissue of FW7000AB from 1977. SFW45004 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1979: ''Travellin' with Ella Jenkins: – A Bilingual Journey'' <ref name="folkways9">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2108 |title=Travellin' with Ella Jenkins: A Bilingual Journey &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1989) Reissue of FW7640 from 1979. SFW45009 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1979: ''Travellin' with Ella Jenkins: – A Bilingual Journey'' <ref name="folkways9">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2108 |title=Travellin' with Ella Jenkins: A Bilingual Journey &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1989) Reissue of FW7640 from 1979. SFW45009 (LP, Cassette, CD).


=== 1980s ===
=== 1980s ===
*1981: ''I Know the Colors of the Rainbow'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3135 |title=Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1981) EA595 (CD).
*1981: ''I Know the Colors of the Rainbow'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3135 |title=Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1981) EA595 (CD).
*1981: ''Looking Back and Looking Forward'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3132 |title=Looking Back and Looking Forward &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1981) EA596 (CD).
*1981: ''Looking Back and Looking Forward'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3132 |title=Looking Back and Looking Forward &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1981) EA596 (CD).
*1982: ''Early Early Childhood Songs'' <ref name="folkways10">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2388 |title=Early Early Childhood Songs &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1996) Reissue of FW7630 from 1982. SFW45015 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1982: ''Early Early Childhood Songs'' <ref name="folkways10">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2388 |title=Early Early Childhood Songs &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1996) Reissue of FW7630 from 1982. SFW45015 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1983: ''Hopping Around from Place to Place Vol. 1'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3133 |title=Hopping Around from Place to Place, Vol. 1 &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1983) EA613 (CD).
*1983: ''Hopping Around from Place to Place Vol. 1'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3133 |title=Hopping Around from Place to Place, Vol. 1 &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1983) EA613 (CD).
*1983: ''Hopping Around from Place to Place Vol. 2'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3134 |title=Hopping Around from Place to Place, Vol. 2 &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1983) EA614 (CD).
*1983: ''Hopping Around from Place to Place Vol. 2'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3134 |title=Hopping Around from Place to Place, Vol. 2 &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1983) EA614 (CD).
*1989: ''This-a-Way,This-a-Way" <ref name="folkways15"/> (1988) SFW45002 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1989: ''This-a-Way, This-a-Way" <ref name="folkways15"/> (1988) SFW45002 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1989: ''My Street Begins at my House'' <ref name="folkways4"/> (1989) SFW45005 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1989: ''My Street Begins at my House'' <ref name="folkways4"/> (1989) SFW45005 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1989: ''Adventure in Rhythm'' <ref name="folkways14"/> (1989) SFW45007 (LP, Cassette,CD).
*1989: ''Adventure in Rhythm'' <ref name="folkways14"/> (1989) SFW45007 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1989: ''Rhythm of Childhood'' <ref name="folkways1"/> (1989) SFW45008 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1989: ''Rhythm of Childhood'' <ref name="folkways1"/> (1989) SFW45008 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1989: ''Travellin' with Ella Jenkins:A Bilingual Journey'' <ref name="folkways9"/> (1989) SFW45009 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1989: ''You'll Sing a Song, I'll Sing a Song'' <ref name="folkwaysll"/> (1989) SFW45010 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1989: ''You'll Sing a Song, I'll Sing a Song'' <ref name="folkwaysll"/> (1989) SFW45010 (LP, Cassette, CD).


=== 1990s ===
=== 1990s ===
*1990: ''We Are America's Children'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2064 |title=We Are America's Children &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue of FW7666. SFW45006 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1990: ''We Are America's Children'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2064 |title=We Are America's Children &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1990) Reissue of FW7666. SFW45006 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1990: ''And One and Two'' <ref name="folkways3"/> (1990) SFW45016 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1990: ''And One and Two'' <ref name="folkways3"/> (1990) SFW45016 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1990: ''Nursery Rhymes: Rhyming & Remembering for Young Children & for Older Girls & Boys with Special Language Needs'' <ref name="folkways6"/> (1990) SFW45019 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1990: ''Nursery Rhymes: Rhyming & Remembering for Young Children & for Older Girls & Boys with Special Language Needs'' <ref name="folkways6"/> (1990) SFW45019 (LP, Cassette, CD).
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*1990: ''Call and Response'' <ref name="folkways13"/> (1990) SFW45030 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1990: ''Call and Response'' <ref name="folkways13"/> (1990) SFW45030 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1990: ''Seasons for Singing'' <ref name="folkways2"/> (1990) SFW45031 (Cassette, CD).
*1990: ''Seasons for Singing'' <ref name="folkways2"/> (1990) SFW45031 (Cassette, CD).
*1991: ''Live at the Smithsonian'' <ref name="folkways11">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2976 |title=Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian (DVD) &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1991) SFW48001 (VHS, DVD).
*1991: ''Live at the Smithsonian'' <ref name="folkways11">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2976 |title=Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian (DVD) &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1991) SFW48001 (VHS, DVD).
*1991: ''For the Family'' <ref name="folkways12">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2975 |title=For the Family! (DVD) &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1991) SFW48002 (VHS, DVD).
*1991: ''For the Family'' <ref name="folkways12">{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2975 |title=For the Family! (DVD) &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1991) SFW48002 (VHS, DVD).
*1991: ''Little Johnny Brown with Ella Jenkins and Girls and Boys from "Uptown" ( Chicago)'' <ref name="folkways5"/> (1991) SFW45026 (Cassette, CD).
*1991: ''Little Johnny Brown with Ella Jenkins and Girls and Boys from "Uptown" ( Chicago)'' <ref name="folkways5"/> (1991) SFW45026 (Cassette, CD).
*1991: ''Rhythm and Game Songs for the Little Ones'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2074 |title=Rhythm and Game Songs for the Little Ones &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1991) SFW45027 (Cassette, CD).
*1991: ''Rhythm and Game Songs for the Little Ones'' <ref name="Rhythm and Game Songs for the Littl"/> (1991) SFW45027 (Cassette, CD).
*1992: ''Come Dance by the Ocean'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2233 |title=Come Dance By the Ocean &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1992) SFW45014 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1992: ''Come Dance by the Ocean'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2233 |title=Come Dance By the Ocean &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1992) SFW45014 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1994: ''Play Your Instruments and Make a Pretty Sound'' <ref name="Play Your Instruments and Make a Pr"/> (1994) SFW45018 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1992: ''A Long Time to Freedom'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=1386 |title=A Long Time to Freedom &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1992) SFW45034 (Cassette, CD).
*1994: ''This is Rhythm'' <ref name="folkways.si.edu"/> (1994) SFW45028 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1994: ''Play Your Instruments and Make a Pretty Sound'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2109 |title=Play Your Instruments and Make a Pretty Sound &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1994) SFW45018 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1994: ''This is Rhythm'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2075 |title=This is Rhythm &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1994) SFW45028 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1995: ''Multi-Cultural Children's Songs'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2368 |title=Multi-Cultural Children's Songs &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1995) SFW45045 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1995: ''Multi-Cultural Children's Songs'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2368 |title=Multi-Cultural Children's Songs &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1995) SFW45045 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1996: ''Early Early Childhood Songs'' <ref name="folkways10"/> (1996) SFW45015 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1996: ''Early Early Childhood Songs'' <ref name="folkways10"/> (1996) SFW45015 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1996: ''Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs and Chants'' <ref name="folkways7"/> (1996) SFW45017 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1996: ''Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs and Chants'' <ref name="folkways7"/> (1996) SFW45017 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1996: ''Holiday Times'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2389 |title=Holiday Times &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1996) SFW45041 (Cassette, CD).
*1996: ''Holiday Times'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2389 |title=Holiday Times &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1996) SFW45041 (Cassette, CD).
*1996: ''Songs Children Love To Sing'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2390 |title=Songs Children Love to Sing &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date= |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1996) SFW45042 (Cassette, CD).
*1996: ''Songs Children Love To Sing'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2390 |title=Songs Children Love to Sing &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1996) SFW45042 (Cassette, CD).
*1997: ''Songs and Rhythms from Near and Far'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=1355 |title=Songs and Rhythms from Near and Far &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date= |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1997) SFW45033 (Cassette, CD).
*1997: ''Songs and Rhythms from Near and Far'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=1355 |title=Songs and Rhythms from Near and Far &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1997) SFW45033 (Cassette, CD).
*1999: ''Ella Jenkins and A Union of Friends Pulling Together'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2656 |title=Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends Pulling Together &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1999) SFW45046 (LP, Cassette, CD).
*1999: ''Ella Jenkins and A Union of Friends Pulling Together'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2656 |title=Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends Pulling Together &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (1999) SFW45046 (LP, Cassette, CD).


===2000s and 2010s===
===2000s and 2010s===
*2000: ''Song Rhythms and Chants for the Dance with Ella Jenkins ; Interviews with "Dance People"'' <ref name="folkways8"/> (2000) SFW45004 (Cassette, CD).
*2000: ''Song Rhythms and Chants for the Dance with Ella Jenkins; Interviews with "Dance People"'' <ref name="folkways8"/> (2000) SFW45004 (Cassette, CD).
*2003: ''Sharing Cultures With Ella Jenkins'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2998 |title=Sharing Cultures with Ella Jenkins and children from the LaSalle Language Academy of Chicago &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2003) SFW45058 (CD).
*2003: ''Sharing Cultures With Ella Jenkins'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2998 |title=Sharing Cultures with Ella Jenkins and children from the LaSalle Language Academy of Chicago &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2003) SFW45058 (CD).
*2004: ''cELLAbration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3028 |title=cELLAbration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2004) SFW45059 (CD).
*2004: ''cELLAbration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3028 |title=cELLAbration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2004) SFW45059 (CD).
*2011: ''A Life of Song'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3326 |title=African American Legacy Series: A Life of Song &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2011) SFW45067 (CD)<ref>{{cite web|title=New Ella Jenkins Album A Life of Song Available February 22|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/about_us/news_press.aspx#1.6.11_ella|publisher=Smithsonian Folkways|accessdate=January 12, 2011}}</ref>
*2011: ''A Life of Song'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3326 |title=African American Legacy Series: A Life of Song &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2011) SFW45067 (CD)<ref>{{cite web|title=New Ella Jenkins Album A Life of Song Available February 22|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/about_us/news_press.aspx#1.6.11_ella|publisher=Smithsonian Folkways|access-date=January 12, 2011}}</ref>
*2013: ''Get Moving with Ella Jenkins'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/get-moving-with-ella-jenkins/american-folk-childrens/music/album/smithsonian |title=Get Moving with Ella Jenkins &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2013) SFW45073 (CD).
*2013: ''Get Moving with Ella Jenkins'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/get-moving-with-ella-jenkins/american-folk-childrens/music/album/smithsonian |title=Get Moving with Ella Jenkins &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2013) SFW45073 (CD).
*2014: ''123s and ABCs'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/ella-jenkins/123s-and-ABCs/childrens-american-folk/music/album/smithsonian |title=123s and ABCs &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2014) SFW45076 (CD)
*2014: ''123s and ABCs'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/ella-jenkins/123s-and-ABCs/childrens-american-folk/music/album/smithsonian |title=123s and ABCs &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2014) SFW45076 (CD)
*2014: ''More Multicultural Children's Songs'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/ella-jenkins/more-multicultural-childrens-songs/american-folk/music/album/smithsonian |title=More Multicultural Songs From Ella Jenkins &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2014) SFW45078 (CD)
*2014: ''More Multicultural Children's Songs'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/ella-jenkins/more-multicultural-childrens-songs/american-folk/music/album/smithsonian |title=More Multicultural Songs From Ella Jenkins &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2014) SFW45078 (CD)
*2017: ''Camp Songs with Ella Jenkins and Friends <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/ella-jenkins/camp-songs-with-ella-jenkins-and-friends |title=Camp Songs with Ella Jenkins & Friends &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2017) (CD)
*2017: ''Camp Songs with Ella Jenkins and Friends''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/ella-jenkins/camp-songs-with-ella-jenkins-and-friends |title=Camp Songs with Ella Jenkins & Friends &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2017) (CD)


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
*1991: ''Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian'' <ref name="folkways11"/> (1991) SFW48001 (VHS, DVD).
*1991: ''Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian'' <ref name="folkways11"/> (1991) SFW48001 (VHS, DVD).
*1991: ''For the Family!'' <ref name="folkways12"/> (1991) SFW48002 (VHS, DVD).
*1991: ''For the Family!'' <ref name="folkways12"/> (1991) SFW48002 (VHS, DVD).
*2007: ''cELLAbration Live! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3200 |title=cELLAbration Live! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins (DVD) &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2007) SFW48007 (DVD).
*2007: ''cELLAbration Live! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3200 |title=cELLAbration Live! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins (DVD) &#124; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |website=Folkways.si.edu |date=2019-05-28 |access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref> (2007) SFW48007 (DVD).


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* [http://www.folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/ella_jenkins.aspx/ Ella Jenkins at Folkways Recordings]
* [http://www.folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/ella_jenkins.aspx/ Ella Jenkins at Folkways Recordings]
* [http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=256&category=musicMakers History Makers Biography]
* [http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=256&category=musicMakers History Makers Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041231192830/http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=256&category=musicMakers |date=December 31, 2004 }}
* [http://www.visionaryproject.org/jenkinsella Ella Jenkins's oral history video excerpts] at The National Visionary Leadership Project
* [http://www.visionaryproject.org/jenkinsella Ella Jenkins's oral history video excerpts] at The National Visionary Leadership Project
*[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/ella-jenkins Ella Jenkins Interview – NAMM Oral History Library (2015)]
*[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/ella-jenkins Ella Jenkins Interview – NAMM Oral History Library (2015)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfviG0BlHfM&t=8s Gayle Wald on Ella Jenkins, PMBiP, 29/11/22]. "PMBiP" is "Popular Music Books in Progress".


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Ella Jenkins
Born (1924-08-06) August 6, 1924 (age 99)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
OriginChicago, Illinois, U.S.
GenresFolk, children's music
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, actress
InstrumentsUkulele, harmonica
Years active1956–present
LabelsFolkways Records
Smithsonian Folkways
Websitewww.ellajenkins.com

Ella Jenkins (born August 6, 1924) is an American folk singer and actress. Dubbed "The First Lady of the Children's Folk Song" by the Wisconsin State Journal, she has been a leading performer of children's music for over 50 years.[1] Her album, Multicultural Children's Songs (1995), has long been the most popular Smithsonian Folkways release. She has appeared on numerous children's television programs and in 2004, she received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.[2]

Family and personal life[edit]

Jenkins was born in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up in predominantly lower-middle-class neighborhoods in the south side of Chicago. Although she received no formal musical training, she benefited from her rich musical surroundings. Her uncle Floyd Johnson introduced her to the harmonica and the blues of such renowned musicians as T-Bone Walker, Memphis Slim and Big Bill Broonzy. Her family frequently moved around the south side and, as she moved to different neighborhoods, she learned new children's rhythms, rhymes and games.[3] Gospel music became a part of her soundscape as neighborhood churches broadcast their services onto the street.[1] She also enjoyed tap dancing lessons at the local theater and was able to go to the Regal Theater to see such performers as Cab Calloway, Count Basie, and Peg Leg Bates. Cab Calloway is the person who she credits with getting her interested in call and response singing.[4] While attending Woodrow Wilson Junior College, she became interested in the music of other cultures through her Mexican, Cuban and Puerto Rican friends.[3] In 1951, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with minors in Child Psychology and Recreation from San Francisco State University.[1] Here, she picked up songs of the Jewish culture from her roommates. Upon graduating, she returned to Chicago where she began her career.

Career[edit]

In Chicago, Jenkins began writing songs for children while volunteering in recreation centers.[1] She subsequently was hired as a Teenage Program Director for the YWCA in 1952. While working at the YWCA, she was invited to perform on the Chicago public television show, The Totem Club. She was soon offered a regular job as the host of its Thursday program, which she entitled This is Rhythm. She invited guests from diverse cultures to share their music's rhythms on her show.[3]

In 1956, Jenkins decided to become a full-time freelance musician, a vocation she has pursued for over 50 years. She began her career as a children's musician touring school assemblies in the United States, often sleeping in a different place each night and encountering racial discrimination. As she performed in more varied venues, she began to write music about her experiences. Later that year, a friend recommended that she bring a demo tape to Moses Asch, the founder of Folkways Records. Asch was receptive to her music and in 1957, her first album, Call-And-Response: Rhythmic Group Singing, was released by Folkways. Since then, Folkways Records and, more recently, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings have released 39 albums, including the popular You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song. Her 1995 album Multicultural Children's Songs is the most popular Smithsonian Folkways release to date. She has not only been an important force in children's lives, but in the lives of parents and fellow music educators as well. She has participated in many conferences on music education, and has offered workshops for music educators, parents, and caregivers all over the world.

As a performer and educator, Jenkins has traveled extensively, performing her songs on all seven continents (even Antarctica). As she travels, she not only shares her music and experiences but also learns about the cultures of the people she is visiting, taking with her musical traditions and languages that she then shares with her audiences. She has also made television appearances on shows including NBC's Today Show, CNN's Showbiz Today, and PBS programs such as Barney & Friends, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, The Me Too Show, Look at Me, and in films shown on Sesame Street. 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.[1]

As a recording artist, Jenkins has 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.[5]

As an educator[edit]

Jenkins' favorite people are children. She sees them as genuine, down to earth people who should be listened to and recognized as having much to offer. Fellow music educator Patricia Sheehan Campbell lauds her as "a pioneer in her early and continuing realization that children have something to sing about, that the essence of who they are may be expressed through song, and that much of what they need to know of their language, heritage, and current cultural concepts may be communicated to them through song."[6] Through her songs, she hopes to develop greater intercultural understanding and rhythmic-consciousness, and to help people discover the joy of singing and communicating through active participation in songs.

Jenkins' repertoire includes nursery rhymes, holiday songs, bilingual songs, African-American folk songs, international songs, rhythmic chants, and original songs. Drawing from cultures all over the world, she sings in many languages, exposing her audiences to diverse cultures and promoting greater cultural awareness.

Through her style of call-and-response singing, Jenkins promotes group participation. Found in cultures worldwide, from Greece to the Middle East to West Africa, call-and-response singing involves a leader or leaders singing a phrase and the rest of the participants commenting or responding with another phrase.[7] Using this technique, she breaks the barrier between audience and performer, and turns everyone into a performer. By encouraging active participation, she promotes the development of a warm group feeling, cooperation among the participants, greater attentiveness, an enjoyment of singing, and a desire to sing. She also encourages children to lead songs, make up their own variations of songs, and experiment with fun and silly sounds. This allows children to think independently, develop leadership skills, and improvise, resulting in increased self-confidence.

In helping children discover music and participate in its creation, Jenkins provides them with a new tool of communication that they can use and enjoy for the rest of their lives.

Awards[edit]

  • Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Foundation (First recipient in the field of Children's Music and the first woman selected for the honor) (1999)
  • Grammy Nomination for Best Musical Album for Children for Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends (1999)
  • Award from the Music Educators National Conference "in appreciation of her support for music education and the National Association for Music Education" (2000)
  • Grammy Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2004)
  • Honorary Doctorate of Human Letters from the Erikson Institute (2004)
  • Inducted into the San Francisco State University Alumni Hall of Fame (2004)
  • Grammy Nomination for Best Musical Album for Children for Sharing Cultures with Ella Jenkins (2005)
  • Voted 2005 Chicagoan of the year by Chicago Magazine
  • Fellow Award in Music from United States Artists (2009)[8]
  • National Endowment for the Arts Grant, with Illinois Arts Council matching grant
  • Named Honorary Citizen of Louisville, KY, during The Year of the Child
  • National Academy of Recordings Arts and Sciences, Chicago Chapter, Governor's Award, contribution in children's recording and performance
  • Proclamation of Ella Jenkins Day (December 12) in Chicago, IL
  • American Academy of Children's Entertainment, Best Variety Performer Award
  • American Library Association Award
  • Fifth Star Award from the City of Chicago (2015)[9]
  • National Heritage Fellowship recipient (2017)[10]

Discography[edit]

1950s and 1960s[edit]

  • 1957: Call-and-Response Rhythmic Group Singing [11] (1990) Reissue of FW7638 from 1957. SFW45030 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1959: Adventures in Rhythm [12] (1989) Reissue of FW7682 from 1959. SFW45007 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1960: African-American Folk Rhythms [13] (1998) Reissue of Negro Folk Rhythms FW7654 from 1960. SFW45003 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1961: This-a-Way-That-a-Way [14] (1989) Reissue of FW7652 from 1961. SFW45002 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1961: This is Rhythm [15] (1994) Reissue of FW7652 from 1961. SFW45028 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1964: Rhythm & Game Songs for Little Ones [16] (1991) Reissue of FW7680 from 1964. SFW45027 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1964: Songs and Rhythms From Near and Far [17] (1997) Reissue of FW7655 from 1964. SFW45033 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1966: You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song [18] (1989) Reissue of FW7664 from 1966. SFW45010 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1968: Play Your Instruments & Make a Pretty Sound [19] (1994) Reissue of FW7665 from 1968. SFW45018 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1969: Counting Games & Rhythms for the Little Ones [20] (1990) Reissue of FW7679 from 1969. SFW45029 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1969: A Long Time to Freedom [21] (1992) Reissue of FW7754 from 1969. SFW45034 (LP, Cassette, CD).

1970s[edit]

  • 1970: Rhythms of Childhood [22] (1989) Reissue of FW7653 from 1963. SFW45008 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1970: Seasons for Singing [23] (1990) Reissue of FW7656 from 1970. SFW45031 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1970: A Long Time to Freedom [21] (1992) Reissue of FW7754 from 1970. SFW45034 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1971: And One And Two & Other Songs for Pre-School and Primary Children [24] (1990) Reissue of FW7544 from 1971. SFW45016 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1971: My Street Begins at My House [25] (1989) Reissue of FW7543 from 1971. SFW45005 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1972: Little Johnny Brown [26] (1990) Reissue FW7631 from 1972. SFW45026 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1973: This-A-Way That-A-Way (1973) Folkways FC 7546. (Vinyl LP, Cassette, CD)
  • 1974: Nursery Rhymes: Rhyming & Remembering for Young Children & for Older Girls & Boys with Special Language Needs [27] (1990) Reissue of FW7660 from 1974. SFW45019 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1974: Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs and Chants [28] (1996) Reissue of FW7661 from 1974. SFW 45017 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1976: Growing Up With Ella Jenkins [29] (1990) Reissue of FW7662 from 1976. SFW45032 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1977: Songs, Rhythms And Chants for the Dance [17] (2000) Reissue of FW7000AB from 1977. SFW45004 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1979: Travellin' with Ella Jenkins: – A Bilingual Journey [30] (1989) Reissue of FW7640 from 1979. SFW45009 (LP, Cassette, CD).

1980s[edit]

  • 1981: I Know the Colors of the Rainbow [31] (1981) EA595 (CD).
  • 1981: Looking Back and Looking Forward [32] (1981) EA596 (CD).
  • 1982: Early Early Childhood Songs [33] (1996) Reissue of FW7630 from 1982. SFW45015 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1983: Hopping Around from Place to Place Vol. 1 [34] (1983) EA613 (CD).
  • 1983: Hopping Around from Place to Place Vol. 2 [35] (1983) EA614 (CD).
  • 1989: This-a-Way, This-a-Way" [14] (1988) SFW45002 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1989: My Street Begins at my House [25] (1989) SFW45005 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1989: Adventure in Rhythm [12] (1989) SFW45007 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1989: Rhythm of Childhood [22] (1989) SFW45008 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1989: You'll Sing a Song, I'll Sing a Song [18] (1989) SFW45010 (LP, Cassette, CD).

1990s[edit]

  • 1990: We Are America's Children [36] (1990) Reissue of FW7666. SFW45006 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1990: And One and Two [24] (1990) SFW45016 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1990: Nursery Rhymes: Rhyming & Remembering for Young Children & for Older Girls & Boys with Special Language Needs [27] (1990) SFW45019 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1990: Counting Games and Rhythms For the Little Ones [20] (1990) SFW45029 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1990: Call and Response [11] (1990) SFW45030 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1990: Seasons for Singing [23] (1990) SFW45031 (Cassette, CD).
  • 1991: Live at the Smithsonian [37] (1991) SFW48001 (VHS, DVD).
  • 1991: For the Family [38] (1991) SFW48002 (VHS, DVD).
  • 1991: Little Johnny Brown with Ella Jenkins and Girls and Boys from "Uptown" ( Chicago) [26] (1991) SFW45026 (Cassette, CD).
  • 1991: Rhythm and Game Songs for the Little Ones [16] (1991) SFW45027 (Cassette, CD).
  • 1992: Come Dance by the Ocean [39] (1992) SFW45014 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1994: Play Your Instruments and Make a Pretty Sound [19] (1994) SFW45018 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1994: This is Rhythm [15] (1994) SFW45028 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1995: Multi-Cultural Children's Songs [40] (1995) SFW45045 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1996: Early Early Childhood Songs [33] (1996) SFW45015 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1996: Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs and Chants [28] (1996) SFW45017 (LP, Cassette, CD).
  • 1996: Holiday Times [41] (1996) SFW45041 (Cassette, CD).
  • 1996: Songs Children Love To Sing [42] (1996) SFW45042 (Cassette, CD).
  • 1997: Songs and Rhythms from Near and Far [43] (1997) SFW45033 (Cassette, CD).
  • 1999: Ella Jenkins and A Union of Friends Pulling Together [44] (1999) SFW45046 (LP, Cassette, CD).

2000s and 2010s[edit]

  • 2000: Song Rhythms and Chants for the Dance with Ella Jenkins; Interviews with "Dance People" [17] (2000) SFW45004 (Cassette, CD).
  • 2003: Sharing Cultures With Ella Jenkins [45] (2003) SFW45058 (CD).
  • 2004: cELLAbration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins [46] (2004) SFW45059 (CD).
  • 2011: A Life of Song [47] (2011) SFW45067 (CD)[48]
  • 2013: Get Moving with Ella Jenkins [49] (2013) SFW45073 (CD).
  • 2014: 123s and ABCs [50] (2014) SFW45076 (CD)
  • 2014: More Multicultural Children's Songs [51] (2014) SFW45078 (CD)
  • 2017: Camp Songs with Ella Jenkins and Friends[52] (2017) (CD)

Filmography[edit]

  • 1991: Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian [37] (1991) SFW48001 (VHS, DVD).
  • 1991: For the Family! [38] (1991) SFW48002 (VHS, DVD).
  • 2007: cELLAbration Live! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins [53] (2007) SFW48007 (DVD).

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "City of Chicago : Fifth Star Bios". chicago.gov. 2015. Archived from the original on May 16, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Ella Jenkins, interview with the author, May 10, 2007
  4. ^ "Ella Jenkins". The History Makers. August 5, 2002. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  5. ^ "Artist: Ella Jenkins". www.grammy.com. Recording Academy. n.d. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  6. ^ Patricia Sheehan Campbell, "Recording Reviews," Ethnomusicology, Vol.46, No.2 (2002), jstor.org (accessed May 2, 2007), p.357.
  7. ^ Liner notes from Call-And-Response Rhythmic Group Singing, Ella Jenkins, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW 45030, 1998, CD.
  8. ^ United States Artists Official Website Archived November 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "City of Chicago: Fifth Star Honors". Chicago.gov. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  10. ^ "NEA National Heritage Fellowships 2017". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. n.d. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Call and Response | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Adventures in Rhythm | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  13. ^ "African-American Folk Rhythms | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  14. ^ a b "This-A-Way, That-A-Way | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  15. ^ a b "This is Rhythm | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Rhythm and Game Songs for the Little Ones | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  17. ^ a b c "Song Rhythms and Chants for the Dance with Ella Jenkins; Interviews with "Dance People" | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  18. ^ a b "You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  19. ^ a b "Play Your Instruments and Make a Pretty Sound | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  20. ^ a b "Counting Games and Rhythms For the Little Ones | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  21. ^ a b "A Long Time to Freedom | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  22. ^ a b "Rhythms of Childhood | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  23. ^ a b "Seasons for Singing | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  24. ^ a b "And One and Two | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  25. ^ a b "Smithsonian Folkways - Recording Details". www.folkways.si.edu. Archived from the original on April 7, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  26. ^ a b "Little Johnny Brown with Ella Jenkins and Girls and Boys from "Uptown" ( Chicago) | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  27. ^ a b "Nursery Rhymes: Rhyming & Remembering for Young Children & for Older Girls & Boys with Special Language Needs | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  28. ^ a b "Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs and Chants | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  29. ^ "Growing Up with Ella Jenkins: Rhythms, Songs, and Rhymes | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  30. ^ "Travellin' with Ella Jenkins: A Bilingual Journey | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  31. ^ "Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  32. ^ "Looking Back and Looking Forward | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  33. ^ a b "Early Early Childhood Songs | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  34. ^ "Hopping Around from Place to Place, Vol. 1 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  35. ^ "Hopping Around from Place to Place, Vol. 2 | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  36. ^ "We Are America's Children | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  37. ^ a b "Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian (DVD) | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  38. ^ a b "For the Family! (DVD) | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  39. ^ "Come Dance By the Ocean | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  40. ^ "Multi-Cultural Children's Songs | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  41. ^ "Holiday Times | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  42. ^ "Songs Children Love to Sing | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  43. ^ "Songs and Rhythms from Near and Far | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  44. ^ "Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends Pulling Together | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  45. ^ "Sharing Cultures with Ella Jenkins and children from the LaSalle Language Academy of Chicago | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  46. ^ "cELLAbration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  47. ^ "African American Legacy Series: A Life of Song | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  48. ^ "New Ella Jenkins Album A Life of Song Available February 22". Smithsonian Folkways. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
  49. ^ "Get Moving with Ella Jenkins | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  50. ^ "123s and ABCs | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  51. ^ "More Multicultural Songs From Ella Jenkins | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  52. ^ "Camp Songs with Ella Jenkins & Friends | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  53. ^ "cELLAbration Live! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins (DVD) | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". Folkways.si.edu. May 28, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.

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