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CHICAGO POLKA: Li’l Wally / Live It Up Polka / Jay-Jay 177

Walter "Li'l Wally" Jagiello (AKA Władysław Jagiełło, Mały Władziu and Mały Władzio) was a Polish American polka musician, songwriter and music arranger from Chicago, Illinois. He was a self-taught Chemnitzer concertina and drum player, who sang in Polish as well as English. His most famous compositions include "Puka Jasiu (Johnny's Knocking)" and "I Wish I Was Single Again.” Starting out at the age of 8 singing with the Eddie Zima Orchestra in Chicago, Wally had a brief recording stint on Columbia Records singing on eight excellent sides with Eddie Terlikowski i jego Orkiestra Polskiej Karuzeli in 1949. Wally soon struck out on his own and formed "The Happy Harmony Boys" and his own independent record label, Jay-Jay Records, in 1951, at the age of twenty. Li’l Wally was renowned for his drumbeat and slower, more danceable tempo, which became a mainstay of "Chicago Style" Polish-American polka sound. His nickname was derived from his short stature (5 foot 6 as an adult), especially during his youth, when he would stand on a picnic table to sing. The highlight of Wally’s career was performing for Pope John Paul II in 1984, who requested Wally continue playing after his initial song, "God Bless Our Polish Pope". He was one of the first two inductees into the International Polka Association's Hall of Fame in 1969. He retired to Florida, where he died on August 17, 2006 at the age of 76. [The above is adapted from Wally’s Wikipedia page with a few additions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_...] [Live It Up Polka, Li'l Wally, Jay-Jay 177-A, recorded 1957] The flip side of this disk is Brown Eyes Polka:    • CHICAGO POLKA: Li’l Wally / Brown Eye...