Li’l Wally Jagiello is born (1930)

Chicago’s Walter Li’l Wally Jagiello became a towering figure in Polish-American polka and founded his own Jay Jay Records in 1951. In 1969 he was one of the first two inductees into the International Polka Association Hall of Fame. On this day in 1930, 97 years ago. Learn more about the legends of polka music on our Lifetime Achievement Honorees page, or visit the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum in Euclid, Ohio, to see their stories, instruments and recordings in person.