Rybitví, Karviná, Kladno or Africa? Remembering the Yo Yo Band hits of Richard Tesařík

The Yo Yo Band has been part of the Czech music scene since 1975, but its golden era came in the 1990s. That was when the band scored some of its best-known hits, including “Karviná,” “Rybitví” and “Kladno.”

The group also included Richard Tesařík’s brother Vladimír, who died in 2003. Richard Tesařík died on Sunday.

The article invites readers to revisit the melodies that made Yo Yo Band widely known, from the songs named after Czech locations to “Afrika.”