Ella Jenkins

Birthday: August 6, 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Singer, songwriter, composer and author, educated at San Francisco State College (BA). She was the program director for the YWCA's Teen Age program, and made a number of records. Between 1962 and ...Show More

Singer, songwriter, composer and author, educated at San Francisco State College (BA). She was the program director for the YWCA's Teen Age program, and made a number of records. Between 1962 and 1963, she toured the midwest for the School Assembly Service, and then toured Europe. Later she conducted and performed in workshops in Montreal, Quebec and the University of Toronto, and conducted her own program, "Adventures in Rhythm". Joining ASCAP in 1963, her popular-song compositions include "Tah-boo". Hide