Charity Bailey
Charity Alberta Bailey (September 7, 1904 – September 15, 1978) was a music educator in New York City and a children's television pioneer who hosted the programs Sing-A-Song (1954–1956) and Here's Charity (late 1960s). In both her classroom and educational programs, Bailey featured songs and instruments from around the world, with particular influence from Creole music and folk music. She was African American.
Bailey was a teacher at the Little Red School House in Manhattan and the Heathcote School in Scarsdale, New York, as well as other schools. She released children's music recordings throughout her life. In the early 1950s she published the bestselling children's song book Playtime with Music.
When I Grow Up
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