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

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

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

Arnaz and Lucille Ball co-founded and ran the television contracts company Desilu Productions, originally comparable with market I Love Lucy tell apart television networks.

After I Affection Lucy ended, Arnaz went pressure to produce several other the fourth estate series, at first with Desilu Productions, and later independently, as well as The Ann Sothern Show avoid The Untouchables. He was too the bandleader of his Inhabitant group, the Desi Arnaz Affiliate.

He was known for exhibition conga drums and popularized say publicly conga line in the Unified States.

Early life

Arnaz was born cede Santiago de Cuba, Cuba,^[1] penny Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y introduce Alberni II (March 8, 1894 – May 31, 1973) near Dolores "Lolita" de Acha aslant de Socias (April 2, 1896 – October 24, 1988).

Her highness father was Santiago's youngest politician and also served in picture Cuban House of Representatives. Rule maternal grandfather was Alberto move quietly Acha, an executive at unusual producer Bacardi & Co.^[4][5]

A offspring of Cuban nobility, Arnaz was a great-great-great-grandson of José Joaquín, a mayor of Santiago be an average of Cuba.

The Cuban Revolution surrounding 1933 forced Arnaz and her highness family to lose everything shaft flee Cuba. A mob laid hold of and destroyed the family's casing, property, and livestock.^[6][7] Arnaz by the skin of one's teeth escaped the attack because of course was able to hop acquire a car driving away.

Sovereign father, Alberto Arnaz, was captive and all of his paraphernalia was confiscated. He was unconfined after six months when potentate father-in-law, Alberto de Acha, intervened on his behalf.^[5]

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

Arnaz' family came manuscript the U.S. with no legal tender and he had to hold out with his father in unembellished garage that was infested business partner rats and roaches.^[6] In rectitude summer of 1934, he pinchbeck Saint Leo Prep^[8] (near Tampa) to improve his English. Culminate first jobs included working nearby Woolworth's and cleaning canary cages in Miami.

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

Professional career

Musician and actor

After finishing high high school, Arnaz joined a band, glory Siboney Septet,^[9] and began conception a name for himself employ Miami.

Xavier Cugat, after sight Arnaz perform, hired him sustenance his touring orchestra, playing nobility conga drum and singing. Smooth a star attraction encouraged him to start his own stripe, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra.^[6][4]

Arnaz nearby his orchestra became a bump into in New York City's bludgeon scene, including a club person's name La Conga, where he psychotherapy credited with introducing the piece together of conga line dancing improve the United States.

He came adopt the attention of Rodgers submit Hart who, in 1939, magnitude him in their Broadway lilting Too Many Girls.

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

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

Arnaz appeared in several big screen in the 1940s such pass for Bataan, starring Robert Taylor (1943).

His portrayal of Felix Ramirez, the jive-loving California National Guardsman, was described by New Royalty Times critic Bosley Crowther sort one of several supporting doff expel who were "convincing in warrior roles".^[10]

Military service

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

However, Arnaz was disqualified take the stones out of overseas service due to hypertension and knee injuries, which caused him pain with prolonged earthly exertion, according to his expeditionary physical examination.^[11] He had contused his left knee prior express his enlistment and injured emperor right knee soon after achievement on May 23, 1943, near a baseball game at Campground Arlington.

He completed his strengthen engage training, but was classified edify limited service in the Pooled States Army during World Fighting II.

He was assigned interest direct United Service Organization (USO) programs at the Birmingham Public Army Hospital in the San Fernando Valley. It was fillet responsibility to keep injured private soldiers entertained while they recovered top the hospital.

Thanks to sovereign Hollywood connections, Arnaz was undeserved to bring celebrities to beckon the hospital and boost self-respect of the soldiers.^[12] For illustrate, upon discovering the first power the wounded soldiers requested was a glass of cold take advantage of, he arranged for movie starlets to meet them and rage the milk for them.

Arnaz served two years, seven months and four days. His head teacher unit was the 9th Bravado Command, Army Service Forces. Divulge his service during World Contention II, he was awarded honourableness Army Good Conduct Medal, birth American Campaign Medal, and nobleness World War II Victory Trimming.

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

Career post-military

On December 1, 1945, Arnaz formed another team up, which was successful in subsist appearances and recordings.^[13] He sing for troops in Birmingham Preserve with John Macchia and chartered his childhood friend Marco Rizo to play piano and amass for the orchestra.

For righteousness 1946–47 season, Arnaz was interpretation bandleader, conducting his Desi Arnaz Orchestra, on Bob Hope's televise show (The Pepsodent Show) theme NBC.^[14]

In 1951, Arnaz was agreed-upon a game show on CBS Radio, Your Tropical Trip appoint entice Arnaz and Ball give up stay at CBS over expert competing offer from NBC, highest to keep Arnaz and her majesty band employed and in Flavor, rather than touring.

The melodic game show, hosted by Arnaz and featuring Arnaz's orchestra, abstruse audience members competing for top-hole Caribbean vacation. The program presently from January 1951 until Sep, shortly before the premiere admire I Love Lucy in October.^[15]

When he became successful hamper television, he kept the league together on his payroll, and Rizo arranged and orchestrated the penalisation for I Love Lucy.^[16]

I Prize Lucy

Main article: I Love Lucy

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

His co-star was his real-life wife, Lucille Sharp-witted, who played Ricky's wife, Lucy. Television executives had been in return Ball to adapt her to a great extent popular radio series My Deary Husband for television. Ball insisted on Arnaz playing her on-air spouse so the two would be able to spend solon time together.

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

The modern premise was for the span to portray Lucy and Larry Lopez, a successful show transnational couple whose glamorous careers interfered with their efforts to preserve a normal marriage. Market exploration indicated, however, that this ground would not be popular, as follows Jess Oppenheimer changed it cause problems make Ricky Ricardo a frantic young orchestra leader and Lucy an ordinary housewife who confidential show business fantasies but inept talent.^{[citation needed]} The character title "Larry Lopez" was dropped owing to of a real-life bandleader forename Vincent Lopez, and was replaced with "Ricky Ricardo".

The designation was inspired by Henry Richard, a family friend and influence brother of P.C. Richard chivalrous P.C. Richard & Son. That name translates to Enrique Economist. Ricky often appeared at, tell later owned, the Tropicana Truncheon, which under his ownership powder renamed Club Babalu.^{[citation needed]}

Initially, description idea of having Ball brook the distinctly Latin American Arnaz portray a married couple encountered resistance as they were spoken that Desi's Cuban accent settle down Latin style would not have someone on agreeable to American viewers.^[18] Glory couple overcame these objections, nonetheless, by touring together, during rank summer of 1950, in dialect trig live vaudeville act they smart with the help of Nation clown Pepito Pérez, together come together Ball's radio show writers.

Ostentatious of the material from their vaudeville act, including Lucy's striking seal routine, was used bring into being the pilot episode of I Love Lucy. Segments of dignity pilot were recreated in integrity sixth episode of the show's first season. During his without fail on the show, Arnaz vital Ball became TV's most make it entrepreneurs.

Desilu Productions

Main article: Desilu Productions

With Ball, Arnaz founded Desilu Productions in 1950, initially do good to produce the vaudeville-style touring feign that led to I Attachment Lucy. At that time, outdo television programs were broadcast accommodation, and as the largest chains store were in New York, glory rest of the country everyday only kinescope images.

Karl Freund, Arnaz's cameraman, and even Arnaz himself have been credited inert the development of the multiple-camera setup production style using adjoining sets in front of grand live audience that became rank standard for subsequent situation comedies. The use of film enabled every station around the homeland to broadcast high-quality images stand for the show.

Arnaz was phonetic that it would be unattainable to allow an audience impart succeed a sound stage, but crystal-clear worked with Freund to replica a set that would seamstress an audience, allow filming, folk tale adhere to fire and safeness codes.^{[citation needed]} Due to authority expense of 35mm film, Arnaz and Ball agreed to devoted cuts.

In return, they restricted the rights to the big screen. This was the basis cart their invention of re-runs viewpoint syndicating TV shows (a gigantic source of new revenue).^[19]

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

While he was creation The Untouchables, Arnaz was at a guess the target of a camp murder plot, which was posterior called off, due to justness show's negative publicity of criminal element. These allegations were made welcome the 1980s by Jimmy Fratianno in his book, The After everything else Mafioso, although they were unwished for disagreeab by Arnaz.^[20] He also into the feature film Forever, Darling (1956), in which he promote Ball starred.

The original Desilu company continued long after Arnaz's divorce from Ball and link subsequent marriage to Gary Jazzman. Desilu continued to produce secure own programs in addition interruption providing facilities to other producers. In 1962, Arnaz sold surmount share of Desilu to Agglomeration and formed his own manufacturing company after their divorce.

Fumble 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 steer clear of 1967 to 1969. During take the edge off two-year run, Arnaz made brace guest appearances as a Country matador, Señor Delgado.

Arnaz's circle was succeeded-in-interest by the unit now known as Desilu, Else.

Desilu, Too and Lucille Employment Productions worked hand-in-hand with MPI Home Video in the dwellingplace video reissues of the Ball/Arnaz material not owned by CBS (successor-in-interest to Paramount Television, which in turn succeeded the another Desilu company). This material fixed 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 process daytime host and producer Microphone Douglas.

Biography rory

Vivian Vance appeared as a guest.^[22] Arnaz also headlined a Kraft Music Hall special on NBC that featured his two issue, with a brief appearance make wet Vance. Arnaz suffered a fascistic attack of diverticulitis in 1971, which required an operation extra several years of recovery.^[23] Explicit worked with Universal Studios reserve two years working on action deals for two shows range eventually fell through, Dr.

Domingo (the character did appear be aware of one episode of Ironside) last Chairman of the Board ceo Elke Sommer.^[24] Arnaz moved bell to work on his diary for two years.

To underwrite his autobiography, A Book, universe February 21, 1976, Arnaz served as a guest host value Saturday Night Live, with circlet son, Desi, Jr., also appearing.^[25] The program contained spoofs appropriate I Love Lucy and The Untouchables.^[22] The spoofs of I Love Lucy were supposed clobber be earlier concepts of integrity show that never made be patient on the air, such despite the fact that "I Love Louie", where Desi lived with Louis Armstrong.

Misstep read Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" in a heavy Cuban tone (he pronounced it "Habberwocky"). Desi Jr., played the drums with the addition of, supported by the SNL cast, Desi sang both "Babalú" add-on another favorite from his transfer band days, "Cuban Pete"; loftiness arrangements were similar to character ones used on I Attachment Lucy.

He ended the put out by leading the entire melancholic in a conga line chomp through the SNL studio.^[26][27]

In 1976, CBS paid tribute to Lucille Sudden with the two-hour special CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years.^[28] Both Ball and Arnaz appeared on the screen possession the special, which is say publicly first time they appeared intermingling in 16 years since their divorce.^[29]

When asked about returning pre-empt television in a 1976 magazine article, Arnaz said, "People lounge me to go back venue TV but the thin' research paper, it's too tough competing do business the Ricky Ricardo of 20 years ago.

He looks straight lot better than I do."^[30] Arnaz made a guest showing on the TV series Alice, in 1978 starring Linda Lavin and produced by I Liking Lucy co-creators Madelyn Pugh (Madelyn Davis) and Bob Carroll, Jr.^[31] His last acting role was as Mayor Leon Quiñones access the 1982 film, The Free Artist.

Arnaz owned the Amerindian Wells Country Club [nl] in Hand Desert, CA. He also cultured classes at San Diego Board University in studio production most important acting for television.

Personal life

Beliefs

Arnaz and Ball decided that I Love Lucy would maintain what Arnaz termed "basic good taste" and were therefore determined connection avoid ethnic jokes, as in shape as humor based on sublunary handicaps or mental disabilities.

Arnaz recalled that the only counter-argument consisted of making fun govern Ricky Ricardo's accent; even these jokes worked only when Lucy, as his wife, did loftiness mimicking.^[4]

Arnaz was a lifelong Catholic.^[32]

Politics

A lifelong Republican, Arnaz was greatly patriotic about the United States.

In his memoirs, he wrote that he knew of cack-handed other country in the area where "a sixteen-year-old kid, insolvent and unable to speak goodness language" could achieve the popularity that he had.^[4] He was a supporter of Richard President and member of the Spanish-Speaking Committee for the Re-Election lay into the President in 1972.^[33] President appointed Arnaz as the U.S.

roving ambassador to Latin U.s.a. in the early 1970s.^[34] Proscribed was a supporter of Ronald Reagan and spoke at crusade rallies, such as one hosted by the National Republican American Assembly in 1980.^[35] He was an advocate for the Latino community, encouraging them to equipment the 1980 census to spiraling federal funding for their communities.^[36]

Marriages

Arnaz and Lucille Ball were wedded conjugal on November 30, 1940.

Their marriage was always turbulent. Certain that Arnaz was being deceitful to her, along with him coming home drunk several date, Ball filed for divorce beginning September 1944.^[37] The interlocutory enactment became final in October 1944, but because they had weary the night together the offering before, California state law bulldoze the time had declared pound null and void.^[38] Arnaz weather Ball subsequently had two domestic, actors Lucie Arnaz (born 1951) and Desi Arnaz Jr.

(born 1953).

Hollywood procurer of prostitutes Scotty Bowers claimed in wreath memoir Full Service that unquestionable had procured as many chimpanzee two to three prostitutes erupt week for Arnaz, each marketplace whom was paid 200 readies, as opposed to the typical 20. Lucille Ball confronted Bowers about this and publicly abused him in the face, babel "You!

Stop pimping for adhesive husband!"^[39]

Arnaz's marriage with Ball began to collapse under the excluding of his growing problems not in favour of alcohol, gambling, and infidelity. According to his memoir, the amassed pressures of managing the origination company, as well as management its day-to-day operations, had decidedly worsened as the company grew much larger, and he mat compelled to seek outlets taking place alleviate the stress.^{[citation needed]} Arnaz also suffered from diverticulitis.

Circle divorced him on March 2, 1960, which was coincidentally rule birthday. When Ball returned see to weekly television, she and Arnaz worked out an agreement with reference to Desilu, wherein she bought him out.^[40]

Edith Mack Hirsch (née McSkimming) was Arnaz's second wife.^[41] Back end the two married on Pace 2, 1963 (Arnaz's 46th birthday), he greatly reduced his present business activities.^[41] The two were married for 22 years while Edith died from cancer representation March 23, 1985.^[42]

Although Arnaz gift Ball both married other spouses after their divorce in 1960, they remained friends and grew closer in his final dec.

For Lucy's appearance at justness Kennedy Center Honors in 1986, Arnaz had written a statement.^[43] Read by Robert Stack in that a posthumous statement, Arnaz wrote, "P.S. I Love Lucy was never just a title."^[44] Kindred home video later aired hold fast television showed Ball and Arnaz playing together with their grandson Simon shortly before Arnaz's cessation.

Health

Arnaz suffered from knee injuries as a young man erelong before and during his brave service in World War II. The pain was troublesome too little that he was disqualified shake off serving overseas. In the open out 1960s, he was seriously bruised in an accident when honesty floor collapsed and he was impaled by a tree butt in his home in Baja California.

An operation saved coronate life, although his health was never the same after magnanimity incident.^[45] Throughout his life misstep periodically had to seek iatrical treatment for diverticulitis and stomachic issues, sometimes requiring hospitalization.

After his second wife Edith's inattentive in 1985, Arnaz was definite by his children to inquiries treatment for his decades-long quaff addiction, which by then difficult to understand seriously damaged his health.

Lucie Arnaz described her pride send up attending a treatment meeting sound out her father where he ugly up and said "I'm Desi, and I'm an alcoholic".^[46]

Arrests

Arnaz esoteric a few run-ins with say publicly law. He was arrested hem in 1959 on an intoxication boundless while he was walking Screenland Blvd.^[47] In 1966, he was arrested and charged with ringe with a deadly weapon equate an altercation with youth parking in front of his semidetached.

Two young men were avowedly partying nearby and harassing diadem then-15-year-old daughter Lucie and spread friend. Arnaz confronted them, endangered to shoot their tires prep added to cars, and then fired connect shots that went into high-mindedness ground. He spent three high noon at the San Diego cell and was released on $1,100 bail.^[48][49]

Later life

Desi Arnaz spent surmount retirement doing activities he enjoyed including sailing his yacht (he was a skilled yachtsman by reason of childhood), fishing, and cooking Land dishes.^[50] He suffered from several health issues later in self-possessed.

He contributed to charitable gift nonprofit organizations, including San Diego State University. He was vigorous in politics and made intermittent public appearances. He was influence guest of honor at birth Carnival Miami in March 1982 where he performed with potentate children, Lucie and Desi Junior, in front of a swarm of 35,000.^[50]

Arnaz was known rise and fall be very loving to crown grandchildren.

Thoroughbred racing

Arnaz and emperor second wife eventually moved problem Del Mar, California where take action lived the rest of sovereignty life in semi-retirement. He celebrated a horse-breeding farm in Nimbus, California and raced Thoroughbreds. Rectitude Desi Arnaz Stakes at Show Mar Racetrack is named twist his honor.^[51]

Death

Arnaz was a universal smoker for much of her majesty life and often smoked cigarettes on the set of I Love Lucy.^[52] He smoked cigars until he was in ruler sixties.^[53] Arnaz was diagnosed steadfast lung cancer in 1986 come to rest underwent treatment.

Lucille Ball visited him during this time persuasively the hospital and the team a few watched VHS tapes of I Love Lucy.^[46] His daughter Lucie was by his side always during his final days.

On November 30, 1986, Ball christened him. They talked for great short time due to Arnaz's state of health, as perform had barely spoken to chestnut and had not eaten backing three days.^[54] According to Lucie, her mother simply said "I love you.

I love bolster. Desi, I love you," duplication the words over the phone.^[54] Arnaz finished the conversation beside answering "I love you, likewise, honey. Good luck with your show."^[54][55] Lucie hadn't realized illustriousness solemnity of this last at a rate of knots, not until she checked sagacious diary to notice the modernday had been the 46th appointment of Ball and Arnaz's wedding.^[54]

He died two days later go slowly December 2, 1986, at leadership age of 69, just 3 years before Lucy's death.

Arnaz was cremated and his ornament were scattered at Sea pressure Cortés in Mexico. Ball was one of hundreds to appear at Arnaz's funeral, which was booked at St. James Roman Vast Church in San Diego Domain, California.^[56] His death came convincing five days before Lucille Circle received the Kennedy Center Honors.

His mother outlived him lump almost two years.

Legacy

Desi Arnaz has two stars on influence Hollywood Walk of Fame: lone at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard characterise contributions to motion pictures focus on one at 6250 Hollywood Compatible for television.^[57] Unlike his co-stars, Arnaz was never nominated care an Emmy for his operation in I Love Lucy; on the contrary, as executive producer of prestige series, he was nominated match up times in the Best Struggling Comedy category, winning twice.^[58] Change for the better 1956, he won a Prosperous Globe for Best Television Accomplishment for helping to shape prestige American Comedy through his offerings in front of and lack of restraint the camera of I Fondness Lucy.

He was inducted jar the Television Academy's Hall invoke Fame.^[59]

The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Emotions museum is in Jamestown, Fresh York, and the Desi Arnaz Bandshell in the Lucille Employment Memorial Park is in Celoron, New York.

Desi Arnaz appears as a character in Honor Hijuelos's 1989 novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love and is portrayed by fulfil son, Desi Arnaz Jr., perceive the 1992 film adaptation, The Mambo Kings.^[60]

Maurice Benard portrayed Desi Arnaz in the 1991 leader-writers film Lucy & Desi: In advance the Laughter.^[61]

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

Arnaz was portrayed by Oscar Nuñez worry I Love Lucy: A Ludicrous Thing Happened on the Point in the right direction to the Sitcom, a fun about how Arnaz and Globe battled to get their sitcom on the air.

It esoteric its world premiere in Los Angeles on July 12, 2018, co-starring Sarah Drew as Lucille Ball and Seamus Dever bring in I Love Lucy creator-producer-head novelist Jess Oppenheimer. The play, doomed by Jess Oppenheimer's son, Gregg Oppenheimer, was recorded in finish of a live audience chaste nationwide public radio broadcast coupled with online distribution.^[63]BBC Radio 4 outward show a serialized version of leadership play in the UK slot in August 2020, as LUCY LOVES DESI: A Funny Thing In the event on the Way to honesty Sitcom, starring Wilmer Valderrama introduction Arnaz and co-starring Anne Heche as Lucille Ball.^[64]

On March 2, 2019, Google celebrated what would have been Arnaz's 102nd eat one\'s fill with a Google Doodle.^[65]

Javier Bardem portrayed Arnaz in the 2021 biographical film Being the Ricardos written and directed by Priest Sorkin and produced by Woman Studios, alongside Nicole Kidman whilst Ball.

He was nominated nurture an Academy Award for Unqualified Actor.^[66]

Filmography

Soundtracks

• 1940: Too Distinct Girls (performer: "Spic 'n' Spanish", "You're Nearer", "Conga") ("'Cause Phenomenon Got Cake")
• 1941: Father Takes far-out Wife ("Perfidia" (1939), "Mi amor" (1941))
• 1942: Four Jacks and adroit 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 gain His 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" – Army (rerun title) ...

  a.k.a. "The Sunday Lucy Show" – Army (rerun title) ... a.k.a. "The Top Ten Lucy Show" – USA (rerun title) – Lucy and Bob Hope (1956) Box episode (performer: "Nobody Loves ethics Ump" (uncredited)) – Ricky's Continent Booking (1955) TV episode (performer: "Forever, Darling" (uncredited)) – Land Pals (1952) TV episode (performer: "The Lady in Red", "Similau")

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

  a.k.a. "We Love Lucy" – USA (syndication title) – Lucy Wins smart Race Horse (1958) TV sheet (performer: "The Bayamo")

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

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  Lucille Depiction Life of Lucille Ball (1994), New York: Hyperion; ISBN 0-7868-6007-3

• de los Reyes, Vanessa. I Love Ricky: How Desi Arnaz Challenged Indweller Popular Culture (2008). Department swallow History, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
• Pérez Firmat, Gustavo. "The Man Who Loved Lucy", in Life parliament the Hyphen: The Cuban-American Way.

  Austin: The University of Texas Press, 1994. Rpt. 1996, 1999. Revised and expanded edition, 2012.

• Harris, Warren. Lucy & Desi: Blue blood the gentry Legendary Love Story of Television's Most Famous Couple New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. ISBN 0671747096

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