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

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 ...

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 ...

And you may have then played her music for your own children. Jenkins, who was known as "the first lady of children's music," died on Saturday at her residence in Chicago. She was 100.

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, the prolific, multigenerational musical pioneer who became known as the 'First Lady of Children's Music,' died Saturday.

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, 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 ...

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.