# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ella-jenkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:26:41.789Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ella-jenkins"
name: "Ella Jenkins"
slug: "ella-jenkins"
description: "Ella Louise Jenkins was an American singer-songwriter and centenarian. Called the \"First lady of children's music\", she was a leading performer of folk and children's music. Her 1995 album Multicultural Children's Songs has long been the most popular Smithsonian Folkways release. She appeared on numerous children's television programs and in 2004, she received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. According to culture writer Mark Guarino, \"across her 67-year career, Jenkins firmly established the genre of children's music as a serious endeavor – not just for artists to pursue but also for the recording industry to embrace and promote.\""
tagline: "American folk singer (1924–2024)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1924-08-06"
deathDate: "2024-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.54
  momentum:             10.97883597883598
  historical:           10.38124933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ella.jenkins.sfw"
    handle:    "ella.jenkins.sfw"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1725409/"
    handle:    "nm1725409"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2AdaJlzNcOpdrvMSBN92Wp"
    handle:    "2AdaJlzNcOpdrvMSBN92Wp"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://ellajenkins.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "إيلا جنكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ايلا جنكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Jenkins"
    title: "Ella Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Jenkins"
    title: "Ella Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Jenkins"
    title: "Ella Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Jenkins"
    title: "Ella Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Jenkins"
    title: "Ella Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Jenkins"
    title: "Ella Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Jenkins"
    title: "Ella Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Jenkins"
    title: "Ella Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "ఎల్లా జెంకిన్స్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/27431fe7-ed97-4e78-abe7-16ccc2348dd5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3051334"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump