Mas Canciones De Pedro Flores y Rafael Hernandez - Interpretadas Por El Sexteto Borinquen (Borinquen, 1973)

Surprisingly found this rare Puerto Rican gem and a Charlie Parker record at a Goodwill in rural Georgia. Part of the 0.1% that keeps me perusing thrift store vinyl sections.

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Pedro Flores, the Filipino American immigrant who is known as the "Father Of Yo-Yo", was born on this day in 1896. So I made this drawing to celebrate his birthday.

The #yoyo (also known as the bandolore) had been around for centuries, but Pedro created a new method of attaching the string in the 1920s that allowed the toy to "sleep" when it reached the bottom of the string. Up until his invention, yo-yos only went up and down! In 1932, Pedro sold his company to Don Duncan. #PedroFlores