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A Long Time to Freedom
Ella Jenkins
1969
Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs and Chants
Ella Jenkins
1974
Rhythms of Childhood
Ella Jenkins
1963
Hopping Around from Place to Place, Vol. 2
Ella Jenkins
1983
Hopping Around from Place to Place, Vol. 1
Ella Jenkins
1983
Songs Rhythms and Chants for the Dance
Ella Jenkins
1977
123s and ABCs
Ella Jenkins
2014
Looking Back and Looking Forward
Ella Jenkins
1981
This-A-Way, That-A-Way
Ella Jenkins
1973
Play Your Instruments and Make a Pretty Sound
Ella Jenkins
1968
Counting Games and Rhythms for the Little Ones
Ella Jenkins
1964
You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song
Ella Jenkins
1966
This is Rhythm
Ella Jenkins
1961
My Street Begins at My House
Ella Jenkins
1971
Nursery Rhymes
Ella Jenkins
1974
This Is Your Year
Ella Jenkins
1979
Call-and-Response: Rhythmic Group Singing
Ella Jenkins
1957
We Are America's Children
Ella Jenkins
1976
Come Dance By the Ocean
Ella Jenkins
1991
Songs Children Love to Sing
Ella Jenkins
1996
Songs and Rhythms from Near and Far
Ella Jenkins
1964
I Know the Colors in the Rainbow
Ella Jenkins
1981
Seasons for Singing
Ella Jenkins
1970
Early Early Childhood Songs
Ella Jenkins
1972
Rhythm and Game Songs for the Little Ones
Ella Jenkins
1964
Adventures in Rhythm
Ella Jenkins
1959
African American Legacy Series: A Life of Song
Ella Jenkins
2011
Multicultural Children's Songs
Ella Jenkins
1995
And One and Two
Ella Jenkins
1971
Holiday Times
Ella Jenkins
1996
African-American Folk Rhythms
Ella Jenkins
1960
Smithsonian Folkways Children's Collection
1998
Music for Children, Music by Children
2017
The Harry Smith Connection: A Live Tribute to the Anthology of American Folk Music
1998
Classic Folk Songs for Kids from Smithsonian Folkways
2016
Sharing Cultures with Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins
2003
Travellin' with Ella Jenkins: A Bilingual Journey
Ella Jenkins
1979
Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends Pulling Together
Ella Jenkins
1999
Little Johnny Brown with Ella Jenkins and Girls and Boys from “Uptown” (Chicago)
Ella Jenkins
1972
More Multicultural Songs From Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins
2014
cELLAbration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins
2004
Get Moving with Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins
2012
Growing Up with Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins
1976
Camp Songs with Ella Jenkins & Friends
Ella Jenkins
2017
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Hop, Skip, Jump to My Lou
Ella Jenkins
2012
The Court of King Caractacus
Ella Jenkins
2017
Sweetly Sings the Donkey
Ella Jenkins
2017
I Like Animals (from Seasons for Singing)
Ella Jenkins
1979
Canadian Friendship
Ella Jenkins
1964
Old Time Religion III
Ella Jenkins
1960
This Land is Your Land
Ella Jenkins
1976
Come Here
Ella Jenkins
1976
Skip to My Lou / Red River Valley Dancing Theme / Reel (medley)
Ella Jenkins
1963
Miss Mary Mack
Ella Jenkins
1966
You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song (review)
Ella Jenkins
1966
Dulce Dulce
Ella Jenkins
1966
Little Charlie Just Off the Pickle Boat
Ella Jenkins
1991
I'm Going to School Today
Ella Jenkins
1971
Yemayah
Ella Jenkins
1974
A Trains-A-Coming
Ella Jenkins
1974
Little Red Caboose
Ella Jenkins
1961
A Love Chant from North Africa
Ella Jenkins
1957
I Like Animals
Ella Jenkins
1970
A Sea Shell Poem from My Grandpa
Ella Jenkins
1976
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Ella Jenkins
2011
Amazing Grace
Ella Jenkins
2011
This Old Man
Ella Jenkins
2014
Yemayah
Ella Jenkins
2014
This Land Is Your Land
Ella Jenkins
2017
Bim Bom, Bim Bom
Ella Jenkins
1981
Hukilau
Ella Jenkins
2014
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Ella Jenkins
2017
I'm Gonna Tell God All My Troubles
Ella Jenkins
1969
When the Roll is Called Up Yonder
Ella Jenkins
1969
If You Ever Get Down
Ella Jenkins
1969
A Rabbit with a Flea
Ella Jenkins
1961
Hukilau
Ella Jenkins
1979
As the Rabbi
Ella Jenkins
1979
They All Axed For You
Ella Jenkins
1979
This Is an Afro Mood
Ella Jenkins
1977
Que Bonita Bandera
Ella Jenkins
1979
Stop and Go
Ella Jenkins
1968
In Trinidad
Ella Jenkins
1961
An Arabic Chant That Means Welcome
Ella Jenkins
1957
Go Aquaneta, Go
Ella Jenkins
1970
Blue Walking
Ella Jenkins
1970
St. Patrick's Day Jig
Ella Jenkins
1996
Toom-Bah-Ee-Lero
Ella Jenkins
1996
Follow the Leader
Ella Jenkins
1996
I Like Names
Ella Jenkins
2003
Somebody’s Talking about Freedom
Ella Jenkins
2011
Summertime
Ella Jenkins
2011
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cELLAbration Live! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins (DVD)
2007
Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian (DVD)
1995
For the Family! (DVD)
1991
Ella Jenkins: The First Lady of Children's Music
2014
Happy 90th Birthday, Ella Jenkins!
2014
Ella Jenkins: A Life of Song | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2011
Suni Paz: Argentinian singer and songwriter
2009
Featuring Roberto Martínez | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2010
We Sing a Song: Folkways for children
2009
Featuring Jazz | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2011
Songs By and For Children: A Legacy of Children's Music | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
Elizabeth Mitchell: Keeping Things Simple | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2010
Education | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2016
Catalog
2022
Educational Activities
2021
Award Winning Smithsonian Folkways Recordings for Children
2009
Lesson Plans
2009
National Recording Registry Awards
2009
Pete Seeger: American Folk Icon
2014
A Tribute to Pete Seeger (1919-2014)
2014
GRAMMY Award Nominations
2009
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
2009
Everything I Know, I Learned from Lead Belly, Folkways, and the Grey Goose | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2016
South Africa | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2014
Labor | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2014
My Song Is My Weapon: The Long Sonic History of Black Resistance
2024
People's Picks: Squirrel Flower
2022
Black Love & Joy Through Song
2023
Songs to Grow On: Children’s Music from Smithsonian Folkways with Mr. Greg
2023
The Folkways 75
2023
Selections from the Solidarity Sing Along songbook
Sound Sessions Radio- Ella Jenkins- First Lady of Children's Music
The Folkways Collection- Episode 16: Children's Music
1999
“Michael Row the Boat Ashore” by Ella Jenkins and Friends
Ella Jenkins
2017
"Call & Response" by Ella Jenkins at 2009 Smithsonian Folklike Festival
Ella Jenkins
2009
Ella Jenkins Interview
Ella Jenkins
2006
In the Studio: ‘Camp Songs with Ella Jenkins and Friends’
Ella Jenkins
2017
"I know a City Called Okeechobee" by Ella Jenkins at Music Center at Strathmore 2006
Ella Jenkins
2006
“Sipping Cider Through A Straw” by Ella Jenkins and Friends
Ella Jenkins
2017
Pete Seeger Tribute to Ella Jenkins at Music Center at Strathmore 2005
Pete Seeger
2009
We Love You Ella
Ella Jenkins
2010
Exploring and Protecting Nature with Ella Jenkins: Pretty Trees around the World
2024
Get Moving With Ella Jenkins
2014
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