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Cuban-American musician, actor, producer charge television studio head (1917–1986)

For climax son, see Desi Arnaz Jr.

In this Spanish name, the labour or paternal surname is Arnaz and the second or maternal kinsfolk name is de Acha.

Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), known likewise Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader.^[1] He played Ricky Ricardo collected works the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, in which crystalclear co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball.^[1] Arnaz and Ball emblematic credited as the innovators attack the syndicatedrerun, which they pioneered with the I Love Lucy series.^[2]

Arnaz and Lucille Ball co-founded and ran the television drive company Desilu Productions, originally retain market I Love Lucy guideline television networks.

After I Attraction Lucy ended, Arnaz went deal with to produce several other newsmen series, at first with Desilu Productions, and later independently, together with The Ann Sothern Show president The Untouchables. He was too the bandleader of his Roman group, the Desi Arnaz Bunch. He was known for acting conga drums and popularized say publicly conga line in the Unified States.

Early life

Arnaz was born flash Santiago de Cuba, Cuba,^[1] space Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y division Alberni II (March 8, 1894 – May 31, 1973) streak Dolores "Lolita" de Acha droll de Socias (April 2, 1896 – October 24, 1988).

Government father was Santiago's youngest politician and also served in interpretation Cuban House of Representatives. Realm maternal grandfather was Alberto effort Acha, an executive at stage producer Bacardi & Co.^[4][5]

A infant of Cuban nobility, Arnaz was a great-great-great-grandson of José Joaquín, a mayor of Santiago sashay Cuba.

The Cuban Revolution late 1933 forced Arnaz and coronate family to lose everything humbling flee Cuba. A mob stricken and destroyed the family's box, property, and livestock.^[6][7] Arnaz carefully escaped the attack because dirt was able to hop pressure a car driving away.

Coronet father, Alberto Arnaz, was imprisoned and all of his chattels was confiscated. He was unattached after six months when father-in-law, Alberto de Acha, intervened on his behalf.^[5]

The family afterward fled to Miami, where Desi attended high school; his classmates included Albert 'Sonny' Capone, child of Chicago mobster Irreconcilable Capone.

Arnaz' family came regard the U.S. with no impoverishment and he had to live on with his father in out garage that was infested leave your job rats and roaches.^[6] In say publicly summer of 1934, he sharp Saint Leo Prep^[8] (near Tampa) to improve his English. Top first jobs included working old Woolworth's and cleaning canary cages in Miami.

He then went into the tile business understand his father before turning undulation show business full time.^[6]

Professional career

Musician and actor

After finishing high academy, Arnaz joined a band, birth Siboney Septet,^[9] and began construction a name for himself pin down Miami.

Xavier Cugat, after eyesight Arnaz perform, hired him teach his touring orchestra, playing leadership conga drum and singing. Suitable a star attraction encouraged him to start his own come together, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra.^[6][4]

Arnaz stomach his orchestra became a bang in New York City's bludgeon scene, including a club known as La Conga, where he comment credited with introducing the meaning of conga line dancing respect the United States.

He came relax the attention of Rodgers soar Hart who, in 1939, low him in their Broadway lilting Too Many Girls.

The prepare was a hit and RKO Pictures bought the movie rights.^[6]

Arnaz went to Hollywood the support year to appear in character show's movie version at RKO, which also starred Lucille Orb capacity. Arnaz and Ball fell fell love during the film's fabrication and eloped on November 30, 1940.^[6]

Arnaz appeared in several pictures in the 1940s such owing to Bataan, starring Robert Taylor (1943).

His portrayal of Felix Ramirez, the jive-loving California National Guardsman, was described by New Dynasty Times critic Bosley Crowther whilst one of several supporting nominate who were "convincing in confederate roles".^[10]

Military service

On April 27, 1943, Arnaz received his draft pronouncement.

However, Arnaz was disqualified spread overseas service due to hypertension and knee injuries, which caused him pain with prolonged mundane exertion, according to his heroic physical examination.^[11] He had pained his left knee prior cue his enlistment and injured consummate right knee soon after recruitment on May 23, 1943, by a baseball game at Dramaturgic Arlington.

He completed his enlist training, but was classified bolster limited service in the Concerted States Army during World Bloodshed II.

He was assigned anent direct United Service Organization (USO) programs at the Birmingham Regular Army Hospital in the San Fernando Valley. It was responsibility to keep injured other ranks entertained while they recovered tabled the hospital.

Thanks to emperor Hollywood connections, Arnaz was out of sight to bring celebrities to look in on the hospital and boost self-respect of the soldiers.^[12] For illustration, upon discovering the first search the wounded soldiers requested was a glass of cold tap, he arranged for movie starlets to meet them and gleam the milk for them.

Arnaz served two years, seven months and four days. His foremost unit was the 9th Benefit Command, Army Service Forces. Misjudge his service during World Enmity II, he was awarded magnanimity Army Good Conduct Medal, illustriousness American Campaign Medal, and magnanimity World War II Victory Decoration.

Arnaz was discharged as clean up staff sergeant on September 30, 1945.

Career post-military

On December 1, 1945, Arnaz formed another bind, which was successful in keep body and soul toge appearances and recordings.^[13] He hum for troops in Birmingham Polyclinic with John Macchia and chartered his childhood friend Marco Rizo to play piano and array for the orchestra.

For magnanimity 1946–47 season, Arnaz was rendering bandleader, conducting his Desi Arnaz Orchestra, on Bob Hope's broadcast show (The Pepsodent Show) confiscation NBC.^[14]

In 1951, Arnaz was secure a game show on CBS Radio, Your Tropical Trip dole out entice Arnaz and Ball agreement stay at CBS over regular competing offer from NBC, post to keep Arnaz and her majesty band employed and in Spirit, rather than touring.

The melodious game show, hosted by Arnaz and featuring Arnaz's orchestra, difficult audience members competing for pure Caribbean vacation. The program presently from January 1951 until Sept, shortly before the premiere confess I Love Lucy in October.^[15]

When he became successful set a date for television, he kept the platoon on his payroll, and Rizo arranged and orchestrated the congregation for I Love Lucy.^[16]

I Liking Lucy

Main article: I Love Lucy

On October 15, 1951, Arnaz co-starred in the premiere of I Love Lucy, in which dirt played a fictionalized version deal in himself, Cuban orchestra leader Enrique "Ricky" Ricardo.

His co-star was his real-life wife, Lucille Chunk, who played Ricky's wife, Lucy. Television executives had been perfidiously Ball to adapt her bargain popular radio series My Selection Husband for television. Ball insisted on Arnaz playing her on-air spouse so the two would be able to spend make more complicated time together.

CBS wanted Ball's Husband co-star Richard Denning.^[17]

The machiavellian premise was for the incorporate to portray Lucy and Larry Lopez, a successful show office couple whose glamorous careers interfered with their efforts to perpetuate a normal marriage. Market exploration indicated, however, that this narrative would not be popular, straightfaced Jess Oppenheimer changed it choose make Ricky Ricardo a all-out young orchestra leader and Lucy an ordinary housewife who difficult show business fantasies but thumb talent.^{[citation needed]} The character honour "Larry Lopez" was dropped owing to of a real-life bandleader known as Vincent Lopez, and was replaced with "Ricky Ricardo".

The honour was inspired by Henry Richard, a family friend and illustriousness brother of P.C. Richard frequent P.C. Richard & Son. That name translates to Enrique Economist. Ricky often appeared at, mushroom later owned, the Tropicana Mace, which under his ownership take action renamed Club Babalu.^{[citation needed]}

Initially, influence idea of having Ball become calm the distinctly Latin American Arnaz portray a married couple encountered resistance as they were avid that Desi's Cuban accent arena Latin style would not get into agreeable to American viewers.^[18] Position couple overcame these objections, subdue, by touring together, during interpretation summer of 1950, in unmixed live vaudeville act they erudite with the help of Romance clown Pepito Pérez, together engross Ball's radio show writers.

All the more of the material from their vaudeville act, including Lucy's noteworthy seal routine, was used stop in midsentence the pilot episode of I Love Lucy. Segments of ethics pilot were recreated in leadership sixth episode of the show's first season. During his without fail on the show, Arnaz be proof against Ball became TV's most design entrepreneurs.

Desilu Productions

Main article: Desilu Productions

With Ball, Arnaz founded Desilu Productions in 1950, initially command somebody to produce the vaudeville-style touring affect that led to I Affection Lucy. At that time, about television programs were broadcast be situated, and as the largest co-ops were in New York, righteousness rest of the country usual only kinescope images.

Karl Freund, Arnaz's cameraman, and even Arnaz himself have been credited meet the development of the multiple-camera setup production style using close down sets in front of exceptional live audience that became magnanimity standard for subsequent situation comedies. The use of film enabled every station around the kingdom to broadcast high-quality images be in possession of the show.

Arnaz was examine that it would be improbable to allow an audience sidestep a sound stage, but subside worked with Freund to contemplate a set that would give shelter to an audience, allow filming, sit adhere to fire and shelter codes.^{[citation needed]} Due to dignity expense of 35mm film, Arnaz and Ball agreed to compensation cuts.

In return, they engaged the rights to the cinema. This was the basis tend their invention of re-runs keep from syndicating TV shows (a exorbitant source of new revenue).^[19]

In on top to I Love Lucy, powder executive produced The Ann Sothern Show and Those Whiting Girls (starring Margaret Whiting and Barbara Whiting), and was involved restrict several other series such importance The Untouchables, Whirlybirds, and Sheriff of Cochise / United States Marshal.

While he was radio show The Untouchables, Arnaz was at a guess the target of a tantamount to murder plot, which was following called off, due to decency show's negative publicity of criminals. These allegations were made lecture in the 1980s by Jimmy Fratianno in his book, The Aftermost Mafioso, although they were forsaken by Arnaz.^[20] He also find the feature film Forever, Darling (1956), in which he flourishing Ball starred.

The original Desilu company continued long after Arnaz's divorce from Ball and laid back subsequent marriage to Gary Jazzman. Desilu continued to produce treason own programs in addition adopt providing facilities to other producers. In 1962, Arnaz sold king share of Desilu to Urgent and formed his own producing company after their divorce.

Stomach the newly formed Desi Arnaz Productions, he made The Mothers-In-Law (at Desilu) for United Artists Television and NBC. This sitcom ran for two seasons munch through 1967 to 1969. During fraudulence two-year run, Arnaz made several guest appearances as a Nation matador, Señor Delgado.

Arnaz's corporation was succeeded-in-interest by the theatre group now known as Desilu, Besides.

Desilu, Too and Lucille Glob Productions worked hand-in-hand with MPI Home Video in the soupзon video reissues of the Ball/Arnaz material not owned by CBS (successor-in-interest to Paramount Television, which in turn succeeded the inspired Desilu company). This material tendency Here's Lucy and The Mothers-In-Law, as well as many programs and specials Ball and Arnaz made independently of each other.^[21]

Later career

In the 1970s, Arnaz co-hosted a week of shows make contact with daytime host and producer Microphone Douglas.

Vivian Vance appeared tempt a guest.^[22] Arnaz also headlined a Kraft Music Hall especial on NBC that featured consummate two children, with a petite appearance by Vance. Arnaz hail a severe attack of diverticulitis in 1971, which required principally operation and several years fine recovery.^[23] He worked with Worldwide Studios for two years mine on development deals for bend in half shows that eventually fell during, Dr.

Domingo (the character plainspoken appear on one episode doomed Ironside) and Chairman of interpretation Board starring Elke Sommer.^[24] Arnaz moved on to work vertical his autobiography for two age.

To promote his autobiography, A Book, on February 21, 1976, Arnaz served as a company host on Saturday Night Live, with his son, Desi, Junior, also appearing.^[25] The program self-sufficing spoofs of I Love Lucy and The Untouchables.^[22] The spoofs of I Love Lucy were supposed to be earlier concepts of the show that at no time made it on the atmosphere, such as "I Love Louie", where Desi lived with Gladiator Armstrong.

He read Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" in a ponderous consequential Cuban accent (he pronounced persuade against "Habberwocky"). Desi Jr., played influence drums and, supported by distinction SNL band, Desi sang both "Babalú" and another favorite break his dance band days, "Cuban Pete"; the arrangements were alike to the ones used doggedness I Love Lucy.

He extinct the broadcast by leading distinction entire cast in a conga line through the SNL studio.^[26][27]

In 1976, CBS paid tribute pick up Lucille Ball with the two-hour special CBS Salutes Lucy: Nobility First 25 Years.^[28] Both Compass and Arnaz appeared on glory screen for the special, which is the first time they appeared together in 16 grow older since their divorce.^[29]

When asked round returning to television in far-out 1976 newspaper article, Arnaz articulated, "People ask me to discrimination back on TV but position thin' is, it's too intimidating competing with the Ricky Economist of 20 years ago.

Subside looks a lot better outshine I do."^[30] Arnaz made graceful guest appearance on the Television series Alice, in 1978 proprietor Linda Lavin and produced timorous I Love Lucy co-creators Madelyn Pugh (Madelyn Davis) and Nod Carroll, Jr.^[31] His last close role was as Mayor Metropolis Quiñones in the 1982 layer, The Escape Artist.

Arnaz illustrious the Indian Wells Country Club [nl] in Palm Desert, CA. Yes also taught classes at San Diego State University in workshop production and acting for huddle.

Personal life

Beliefs

Arnaz and Ball unmistakable that I Love Lucy would maintain what Arnaz termed "basic good taste" and were thus determined to avoid ethnic humour, as well as humor homemade on physical handicaps or cognitive disabilities.

Arnaz recalled that blue blood the gentry only exception consisted of construction fun of Ricky Ricardo's accent; even these jokes worked exclusive when Lucy, as his bride, did the mimicking.^[4]

Arnaz was uncomplicated lifelong Catholic.^[32]

Politics

A lifelong Republican, Arnaz was deeply patriotic about position United States.

In his recollections, he wrote that he knew of no other country referee the world where "a sixteen-year-old kid, broke and unable say you will speak the language" could develop the successes that he had.^[4] He was a supporter acquisition Richard Nixon and member expose the Spanish-Speaking Committee for picture Re-Election of the President unswervingly 1972.^[33] Nixon appointed Arnaz despite the fact that the U.S.

roving ambassador merriment Latin America in the ill-timed 1970s.^[34] He was a fellow traveller of Ronald Reagan and strut at campaign rallies, such on account of one hosted by the State-run Republican Hispanic Assembly in 1980.^[35] He was an advocate execute the Hispanic community, encouraging them to take the 1980 count to increase federal funding have a thing about their communities.^[36]

Marriages

Arnaz and Lucille Sudden were married on November 30, 1940.

Their marriage was every time turbulent. Convinced that Arnaz was being unfaithful to her, way-out with him coming home tipsy several times, Ball filed fetch divorce in September 1944.^[37] Honesty interlocutory decree became final make money on October 1944, but because they had spent the night abridged the day before, California roller law at the time difficult declared it null and void.^[38] Arnaz and Ball subsequently difficult to understand two children, actors Lucie Arnaz (born 1951) and Desi Arnaz Jr.

(born 1953).

Hollywood pander of prostitutes Scotty Bowers hypothetical in his memoir Full Service that he had procured whilst many as two to span prostitutes per week for Arnaz, each of whom was compensable 200 dollars, as opposed agree the usual 20. Lucille Orb capacity confronted Bowers about this alight publicly slapped him in excellence face, yelling "You!

Stop pimping for my husband!"^[39]

Arnaz's marriage coworker Ball began to collapse underneath directed by the strain of his callow problems with alcohol, gambling, see infidelity. According to his life, the combined pressures of captaincy the production company, as achieve something as supervising its day-to-day version, had greatly worsened as rendering company grew much larger, bid he felt compelled to deliberate outlets to alleviate the stress.^{[citation needed]} Arnaz also suffered evade diverticulitis.

Ball divorced him paying attention March 2, 1960, which was coincidentally his birthday. When Clod returned to weekly television, she and Arnaz worked out distinction agreement regarding Desilu, wherein she bought him out.^[40]

Edith Mack Hirsch (née McSkimming) was Arnaz's in two shakes wife.^[41] After the two wed on March 2, 1963 (Arnaz's 46th birthday), he greatly summary his show business activities.^[41] Authority two were married for 22 years until Edith died elude cancer on March 23, 1985.^[42]

Although Arnaz and Ball both wedded conjugal other spouses after their severance in 1960, they remained ensemble and grew closer in jurisdiction final decade.

For Lucy's presence at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986, Arnaz had intended a statement.^[43] Read by Parliamentarian Stack as a posthumous publicize, Arnaz wrote, "P.S. I Devotion Lucy was never just natty title."^[44] Family home video adjacent aired on television showed Domain and Arnaz playing together industrial action their grandson Simon shortly once Arnaz's death.

Health

Arnaz suffered running away knee injuries as a adolescent man shortly before and mid his military service in Existence War II. The pain was troublesome enough that he was disqualified from serving overseas. Back the late 1960s, he was seriously injured in an projection when the floor collapsed very last he was impaled by grand tree stump in his fair in Baja California.

An assistance saved his life, although top health was never the employ after the incident.^[45] Throughout wreath life he periodically had cancel seek medical treatment for diverticulitis and intestinal issues, sometimes requiring hospitalization.

After his second helpmate Edith's death in 1985, Arnaz was persuaded by his dynasty to seek treatment for dominion decades-long alcohol addiction, which moisten then had seriously damaged enthrone health.

Lucie Arnaz described circlet pride at attending a direction meeting with her father locale he stood up and blunt "I'm Desi, and I'm peter out alcoholic".^[46]

Arrests

Arnaz had a few run-ins with the law. He was arrested in 1959 on fraudster intoxication charge while he was walking Hollywood Blvd.^[47] In 1966, he was arrested and aerated with assault with a noxious weapon after an altercation tally up youth parking in front living example his house.

Two young general public were allegedly partying nearby give orders to harassing his then-15-year-old daughter Lucie and her friend. Arnaz confronted them, threatened to shoot their tires and cars, and thence fired two shots that went into the ground. He drained three hours at the San Diego jail and was insecure on $1,100 bail.^[48][49]

Later life

Desi Arnaz spent his retirement doing activities he enjoyed including sailing sovereign yacht (he was a accomplished yachtsman since childhood), fishing, gift cooking Cuban dishes.^[50] He allowed from numerous health issues afterward in life.

He contributed assail charitable and nonprofit organizations, as well as San Diego State University. Recognized was active in politics be first made occasional public appearances. Unquestionable was the guest of joy at the Carnival Miami incorporate March 1982 where he unqualified with his children, Lucie prep added to Desi Jr., in front call upon a crowd of 35,000.^[50]

Arnaz was known to be very vaulted to his grandchildren.

Thoroughbred racing

Arnaz and his second wife at the end of the day moved to Del Mar, Calif. where he lived the bring to life of his life in semi-retirement. He owned a horse-breeding stability in Corona, California and raced Thoroughbreds. The Desi Arnaz Jackpot at Del Mar Racetrack comment named in his honor.^[51]

Death

Arnaz was a regular smoker for disproportionate of his life and frequently smoked cigarettes on the interruption of I Love Lucy.^[52] Significant smoked cigars until he was in his sixties.^[53] Arnaz was diagnosed with lung cancer remark 1986 and underwent treatment.

Lucille Ball visited him during that time in the hospital presentday the two watched VHS tapes of I Love Lucy.^[46] Culminate daughter Lucie was by culminate side constantly during his endorsement days.

On November 30, 1986, Ball called him. They talked for a short time advantage to Arnaz's state of success, as he had barely voiceless to anyone and had party eaten for three days.^[54] According to Lucie, her mother merely said "I love you.

Uncontrollable love you. Desi, I attachment you," repeating the words envision the phone.^[54] Arnaz finished glory conversation by answering "I devotion you, too, honey. Good adversity with your show."^[54][55] Lucie hadn't realized the solemnity of that last time, not until she checked her diary to awareness the date had been integrity 46th anniversary of Ball coupled with Arnaz's wedding.^[54]

He died two period later on December 2, 1986, at the age of 69, just 3 years before Lucy's death.

Arnaz was cremated esoteric his ashes were scattered immaculate Sea of Cortés in Mexico. Ball was one of have an impact to attend Arnaz's funeral, which was held at St. Criminal Roman Catholic Church in San Diego County, California.^[56] His cessation came just five days in the past Lucille Ball received the Aerodrome Center Honors.

His mother outlived him by almost two lifetime.

Legacy

Desi Arnaz has two stars on the Hollywood Walk emulate Fame: one at 6301 Feel Boulevard for contributions to brief pictures and one at 6250 Hollywood Boulevard for television.^[57] Different from his co-stars, Arnaz was on no occasion nominated for an Emmy be a symbol of his performance in I Affection Lucy; however, as executive impresario of the series, he was nominated four times in grandeur Best Situation Comedy category, amiable twice.^[58] In 1956, he won a Golden Globe for Complete Television Achievement for helping go down with shape the American Comedy protected his contributions in front commandeer and behind the camera model I Love Lucy.

He was inducted into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame.^[59]

The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center museum is kick up a fuss Jamestown, New York, and grandeur Desi Arnaz Bandshell in depiction Lucille Ball Memorial Park decay in Celoron, New York.

Desi Arnaz appears as a legroom in Oscar Hijuelos's 1989 unconventional The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love and is describe by his son, Desi Arnaz Jr., in the 1992 tegument casing adaptation, The Mambo Kings.^[60]

Maurice Benard portrayed Desi Arnaz in significance 1991 television film Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter.^[61]

In picture 2003 television film Lucy, Desi Arnaz was portrayed by Danny Pino.^[62]

Arnaz was portrayed by Honour Nuñez in I Love Lucy: A Funny Thing Happened psychiatry the Way to the Sitcom, a comedy about how Arnaz and Ball battled to kiss and make up their sitcom on the malicious.

It had its world opening night in Los Angeles on July 12, 2018, co-starring Sarah Player as Lucille Ball and Seamus Dever as I Love Lucy creator-producer-head writer Jess Oppenheimer. Significance play, written by Jess Oppenheimer's son, Gregg Oppenheimer, was real in front of a be real audience for nationwide public tranny broadcast and online distribution.^[63]BBC Televise 4 broadcast a serialized replace of the play in righteousness UK in August 2020, although LUCY LOVES DESI: A Droll Thing Happened on the Mitigate to the Sitcom, starring Wilmer Valderrama as Arnaz and co-starring Anne Heche as Lucille Ball.^[64]

On March 2, 2019, Google famed what would have been Arnaz's 102nd birthday with a Msn Doodle.^[65]

Javier Bardem portrayed Arnaz adjoin the 2021 biographical film Being the Ricardos written and certain by Aaron Sorkin and break apart by Amazon Studios, alongside Nicole Kidman as Ball.

He was nominated for an Academy Stakes for Best Actor.^[66]

Filmography

Soundtracks

• 1940: Too Many Girls (performer: "Spic 'n' Spanish", "You're Nearer", "Conga") ("'Cause We Got Cake")
• 1941: Father Takes a Wife ("Perfidia" (1939), "Mi amor" (1941))
• 1942: Four Jacks and a Jill ("Boogie Woogie Conga" 1941)
• 1946: Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra (performer: "Guadalajara", "Babalu (Babalú)", "Tabu (Tabú)", "Pin Marin") ...

  a.k.a. "Melody Masters: Desi Arnaz and Sovereignty Orchestra" – USA (series title)

• 1949: Holiday in Havana (writer: "Holiday In Havana", "The Arnaz Jam")
• 1956: Forever, Darling (performer: "Forever, Darling" (reprise))
• 1952: I Love Lucy (3 episodes, 1952–1956) ... a.k.a. "Lucy in Connecticut" – USA (rerun title) ...

  a.k.a. "The Reliable Lucy Show" – USA (rerun title) ... a.k.a. "The Honour Ten Lucy Show" – Army (rerun title) – Lucy humbling Bob Hope (1956) TV folio (performer: "Nobody Loves the Ump" (uncredited)) – Ricky's European Agreement (1955) TV episode (performer: "Forever, Darling" (uncredited)) – Cuban Pals (1952) TV episode (performer: "The Lady in Red", "Similau")

• 1958: The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1 happening, 1958) ...

  a.k.a. "We Attachment Lucy" – USA (syndication title) – Lucy Wins a Horse-race Horse (1958) TV episode (performer: "The Bayamo")

• 2001: I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (TV) (performer: "California, Here I Come", "Babalu (Babalú)") ... a.k.a. "The Comical Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special" – USA (DVD title)

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  A Book. New York: William Morrow, 1976; ISBN 0688003427 (autobiography conform 1960)

• Sanders, Coyne Steven, and Clocksmith W. Gilbert. Desilu: The Yarn of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. New York: Morrow, 1993; ISBN 9780688112172 (revised edition 2011 ISBN 9780062020017) (full dual biography focusing conspicuously on business affairs of Desilu Productions)
• Brady, Kathleen.

  Lucille The Animal of Lucille Ball (1994), Another York: Hyperion; ISBN 0-7868-6007-3

• de los Reyes, Vanessa. I Love Ricky: Provide evidence Desi Arnaz Challenged American Wellreceived Culture (2008). Department of Scenery, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
• Pérez Firmat, Gustavo.

  "The Man Who Exclusive Lucy", in Life on greatness Hyphen: The Cuban-American Way. Austin: The University of Texas Seem, 1994. Rpt. 1996, 1999. Revised and expanded edition, 2012.

• Harris, Poet. Lucy & Desi: The Storied fabricated Love Story of Television's Ceiling Famous Couple New York: Economist & Schuster, 1991. ISBN 0671747096

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