Foxtrot from Warsaw -Adam Aston: Yo-yo, 1932

Adam Aston & Ork. Tan. Syrena Record pod dyr. Henryka Warsa - Yo Yo! (Czy pani umie grać już w yo-yo?) (Yo-Yo! Do You Know How To Play Yo-Yo, Madame?). Foxtrot (Karasiński -- Włast), Syrena-Electro 1932
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The yo-yo is a toy consisting of two equally sized and weighted discs of plastic, wood, or metal, connected with an axle, around which string is wound. The yo-yo is one of the oldest toys. Yo-yo's have been used as a toy for over 2,500 years, when the ancient Romans played with wooden and metal yo-yo's. The word "yo-yo" may come from Tagalog language (the language of the Philippines), meaning "to come back. It was very popular in the 1920/30s in Europe. In USA, Pedro Flores is considered by many to be the "Father of the American Yo-Yo". It was Pedro Flores, a Filipino immigrant, who introduced the word "yo-yo" to the public and began producing yo-yos trademarked by that name in 1928. Introduction of the "Flores Yo-Yo" created the first American yo-yo craze and Flores is also credited with holding the first yo-yo contest in America in 1928.

In the late '20s Flores' yo-yo companies were producing thousands of yo-yos. Pedro Flores ultimately sold the Flores "yo-yo" trademark name to Donald Duncan in 1930 but Flores continued to promote the yo-yo under Duncan in the early '30s. Flores also coined the phrase, "If it isn't a Flores, it isn't a yo-yo" which was then used later by the Duncan Yo-Yo Company to describe their yo-yos. Flores yo-yos are some of the most highly sought after yo-yos by collectors.

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• Przedwojenna
• Polska
• stare
• piosenki
• Zygmunt
• Karasiński
• Andrzej
• Włast
• lata
• 1930
• nostalgia
• Thirties
• prewar
• Warsaw

[braveblade87]

too bad Pedro Flores or Duncan did not build a yo-yo factory in the Philippines

Its hard to buy Yo-Yo in the Philippines :(

[Plattensammler88]

Wonderful recording! I have this Foxtrot on a Odeon-Record, played by the Wladyslaw Eiger Orchestra. It is the same arrangement!

[Pathe39]

Właśnie stąd moje WOW :) Nie znałem tego, ale piosenka bardzo pozytywna :)

[Pathe39]

WOW!!!! :D

[kspm01]

I actually don't remember a yoyo hype, but I guess there has been, at a moment time in the past.

[smurfswacker]

When I was growing up in the 1950s every kids had to have a yo-yo. But as with most sports I never quite got the knack of it. I could yo well enough but the second yo never came. Hearing this bouncy song makes it all seem worthwhile.

[kspm01]

A truly delightful version!

[edgrosso]

Well - nobody here was a Cheerio Champ ...I'll bet. Walk the dog, rock the baby, what a kick!

[dzheger]

Yes, we all played with a yo-yo in our childhood. This is a lovely, energetic and playful song. Love the pictures, especially that of the French lady with a fan and a yo-yo (on her way to watch the guillotine?

[HarborGuy]

The Yo -Yo was originally used as a weapon it is reported.......We all had one a boy here in the states.......no computer games then lol......