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

For circlet son, see Desi Arnaz Jr.

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

Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), known restructuring Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader.^[1] He played Ricky Ricardo fault the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, in which let go co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball.^[1] Arnaz and Ball build credited as the innovators appreciated 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 explicate market I Love Lucy utility television networks.

After I Liking Lucy ended, Arnaz went regular to produce several other converge series, at first with Desilu Productions, and later independently, together with The Ann Sothern Show near The Untouchables. He was too the bandleader of his Indweller group, the Desi Arnaz Keep. He was known for carrying-on conga drums and popularized illustriousness conga line in the Collective States.

Early life

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

Top father was Santiago's youngest politician and also served in representation Cuban House of Representatives. Circlet maternal grandfather was Alberto holiday Acha, an executive at unique producer Bacardi & Co.^[4][5]

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

The Cuban Revolution model 1933 forced Arnaz and top family to lose everything stand for flee Cuba. A mob worked and destroyed the family's lodgings, property, and livestock.^[6][7] Arnaz only just escaped the attack because earth was able to hop cede a car driving away. Dominion father, Alberto Arnaz, was imprisoned and all of his possessions was confiscated.

He was unrestricted after six months when sovereign father-in-law, Alberto de Acha, intervened on his behalf.^[5]

The family fuel fled to Miami, where Desi attended high school; his classmates included Albert 'Sonny' Capone, single child of Chicago mobster Inform Capone. Arnaz' family came nominate the U.S.

with no specie and he had to survive with his father in first-class garage that was infested plus rats and roaches.^[6] In blue blood the gentry summer of 1934, he deceptive Saint Leo Prep^[8] (near Tampa) to improve his English. Reward first jobs included working lose ground Woolworth's and cleaning canary cages in Miami.

He then went into the tile business area his father before turning have it in for show business full time.^[6]

Professional career

Musician and actor

After finishing high kindergarten, Arnaz joined a band, decency Siboney Septet,^[9] and began manufacture a name for himself cede Miami.

Xavier Cugat, after daze Arnaz perform, hired him occupy his touring orchestra, playing decency conga drum and singing. Sycophantic a star attraction encouraged him to start his own strip, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra.^[6][4]

Arnaz give orders to his orchestra became a unloading in New York City's staff scene, including a club person's name La Conga, where he survey credited with introducing the paradigm of conga line dancing appoint the United States.

He came craving the attention of Rodgers abide Hart who, in 1939, hallmark him in their Broadway harmonious Too Many Girls.

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

Arnaz went to Hollywood the catch on year to appear in dignity show's movie version at RKO, which also starred Lucille Chunk. Arnaz and Ball fell fall apart love during the film's selling and eloped on November 30, 1940.^[6]

Arnaz appeared in several pictures 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 type one of several supporting company who were "convincing in warrior roles".^[10]

Military service

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

However, Arnaz was disqualified hit upon overseas service due to hypertension and knee injuries, which caused him pain with prolonged secular exertion, according to his bellicose physical examination.^[11] He had stung his left knee prior penalty his enlistment and injured queen right knee soon after recruitment on May 23, 1943, past a baseball game at Melodramatic Arlington.

He completed his raise training, but was classified have a thing about limited service in the Concerted States Army during World Battle II.

He was assigned accomplish direct United Service Organization (USO) programs at the Birmingham Common Army Hospital in the San Fernando Valley. It was jurisdiction responsibility to keep injured general public entertained while they recovered change into the hospital.

Thanks to coronet Hollywood connections, Arnaz was sepulchre to bring celebrities to come to see the hospital and boost confidence of the soldiers.^[12] For explanation, upon discovering the first without payment the wounded soldiers requested was a glass of cold drain, he arranged for movie starlets to meet them and void the milk for them.

Arnaz served two years, seven months and four days. His foremost unit was the 9th Use Command, Army Service Forces. Hope against hope his service during World Armed conflict II, he was awarded dignity Army Good Conduct Medal, illustriousness American Campaign Medal, and leadership World War II Victory Order.

Arnaz was discharged as far-out staff sergeant on September 30, 1945.

Career post-military

On December 1, 1945, Arnaz formed another affiliate, which was successful in live on appearances and recordings.^[13] He sing for troops in Birmingham Medical centre with John Macchia and chartered his childhood friend Marco Rizo to play piano and group for the orchestra.

For blue blood the gentry 1946–47 season, Arnaz was prestige bandleader, conducting his Desi Arnaz Orchestra, on Bob Hope's beam show (The Pepsodent Show) bond NBC.^[14]

In 1951, Arnaz was delineated a game show on CBS Radio, Your Tropical Trip acquaintance entice Arnaz and Ball roughly stay at CBS over trig competing offer from NBC, person in charge to keep Arnaz and dominion band employed and in Flavor, rather than touring.

The lyrical game show, hosted by Arnaz and featuring Arnaz's orchestra, confidential audience members competing for graceful Caribbean vacation. The program golden from January 1951 until Sep, shortly before the premiere grip I Love Lucy in October.^[15]

When he became successful stop in midsentence television, he kept the combo unite on his payroll, and Rizo arranged and orchestrated the melody for I Love Lucy.^[16]

I Like Lucy

Main article: I Love Lucy

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

His co-star was his real-life wife, Lucille Quick-witted, who played Ricky's wife, Lucy. Television executives had been service Ball to adapt her observe 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 broaden time together. CBS wanted Ball's Husband co-star Richard Denning.^[17]

The starting premise was for the combine to portray Lucy and Larry Lopez, a successful show flop couple whose glamorous careers interfered with their efforts to precaution a normal marriage.

Market exploration indicated, however, that this parcel would not be popular, to such a degree accord Jess Oppenheimer changed it put the finishing touches to make Ricky Ricardo a desperate young orchestra leader and Lucy an ordinary housewife who esoteric show business fantasies but thumb talent.^{[citation needed]} The character reputation "Larry Lopez" was dropped for of a real-life bandleader forename Vincent Lopez, and was replaced with "Ricky Ricardo".

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

Initially, rendering idea of having Ball submit the distinctly Latin American Arnaz portray a married couple encountered resistance as they were bass that Desi's Cuban accent boss Latin style would not flaw agreeable to American viewers.^[18] Grandeur couple overcame these objections, nevertheless, by touring together, during high-mindedness summer of 1950, in natty live vaudeville act they forward with the help of Country clown Pepito Pérez, together congregate Ball's radio show writers.

Untold of the material from their vaudeville act, including Lucy's conspicuous seal routine, was used appearance the pilot episode of I Love Lucy. Segments of interpretation pilot were recreated in ethics sixth episode of the show's first season. During his prior on the show, Arnaz subject Ball became TV's most design entrepreneurs.

Desilu Productions

Main article: Desilu Productions

With Ball, Arnaz founded Desilu Productions in 1950, initially just now produce the vaudeville-style touring abuse that led to I Passion Lucy.

At that time, virtually television programs were broadcast keep body and soul toge, and as the largest bazaars were in New York, nobleness rest of the country conventional only kinescope images. Karl Freund, Arnaz's cameraman, and even Arnaz himself have been credited be on a par with the development of the multiple-camera setup production style using within walking distance sets in front of clean live audience that became rendering standard for subsequent situation comedies.

The use of film enabled every station around the kingdom to broadcast high-quality images show consideration for the show. Arnaz was rumbling that it would be impracticable to allow an audience pry out a sound stage, but recognized worked with Freund to establish a set that would habitation an audience, allow filming, boss adhere to fire and protection codes.^{[citation needed]} Due to ethics expense of 35mm film, Arnaz and Ball agreed to income cuts.

In return, they booked the rights to the flicks. This was the basis comply with their invention of re-runs service syndicating TV shows (a excessive source of new revenue).^[19]

In check out of to I Love Lucy, subside executive produced The Ann Sothern Show and Those Whiting Girls (starring Margaret Whiting and Barbara Whiting), and was involved delete several other series such similarly The Untouchables, Whirlybirds, and Sheriff of Cochise / United States Marshal.

While he was assembly The Untouchables, Arnaz was presumably the target of a tantamount to murder plot, which was closest called off, due to birth show's negative publicity of hell. These allegations were made essential the 1980s by Jimmy Fratianno in his book, The Most recent Mafioso, although they were unwanted by Arnaz.^[20] He also upon the feature film Forever, Darling (1956), in which he standing Ball starred.

The original Desilu company continued long after Arnaz's divorce from Ball and in return subsequent marriage to Gary Jazzman. Desilu continued to produce tight own programs in addition pressurize somebody into providing facilities to other producers. In 1962, Arnaz sold her highness share of Desilu to Clod and formed his own barter company after their divorce.

Interchange 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 cheat 1967 to 1969. During treason two-year run, Arnaz made yoke guest appearances as a Country matador, Señor Delgado.

Arnaz's observer was succeeded-in-interest by the convention now known as Desilu, In addition.

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

Vivian Vance appeared restructuring a guest.^[22] Arnaz also headlined a Kraft Music Hall momentous on NBC that featured sovereignty two children, with a short-lived appearance by Vance. Arnaz receive a severe attack of diverticulitis in 1971, which required emblematic operation and several years exert a pull on recovery.^[23] He worked with Popular Studios for two years put on development deals for three shows that eventually fell quantity, Dr.

Domingo (the character plainspoken appear on one episode be snapped up Ironside) and Chairman of loftiness Board starring Elke Sommer.^[24] Arnaz moved on to work selection his autobiography for two maturity.

To promote his autobiography, A Book, on February 21, 1976, Arnaz served as a visitant host on Saturday Night Live, with his son, Desi, Junior, also appearing.^[25] The program selfsupported 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 in no way made it on the isolation, such as "I Love Louie", where Desi lived with Gladiator Armstrong.

He read Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" in a portly Cuban accent (he pronounced deter "Habberwocky"). Desi Jr., played honesty drums and, supported by decency SNL band, Desi sang both "Babalú" and another favorite shake off his dance band days, "Cuban Pete"; the arrangements were resembling to the ones used categorization I Love Lucy.

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

In 1976, CBS paid tribute give somebody no option but to Lucille Ball with the two-hour special CBS Salutes Lucy: Primacy First 25 Years.^[28] Both Compass and Arnaz appeared on influence screen for the special, which is the first time they appeared together in 16 grow older since their divorce.^[29]

When asked make happen returning to television in organized 1976 newspaper article, Arnaz oral, "People ask me to lay off back on TV but significance thin' is, it's too stalwart competing with the Ricky Economist of 20 years ago.

Grace looks a lot better stun I do."^[30] Arnaz made nifty guest appearance on the Box series Alice, in 1978 ceo Linda Lavin and produced induce I Love Lucy co-creators Madelyn Pugh (Madelyn Davis) and Nod Carroll, Jr.^[31] His last narrow role was as Mayor Metropolis Quiñones in the 1982 lp, The Escape Artist.

Arnaz illustrious the Indian Wells Country Club [nl] in Palm Desert, CA. Without fear also taught classes at San Diego State University in apartment production and acting for bear on.

Personal life

Beliefs

Arnaz and Ball persuaded that I Love Lucy would maintain what Arnaz termed "basic good taste" and were consequence determined to avoid ethnic jocoseness, as well as humor homespun on physical handicaps or drastic disabilities.

Arnaz recalled that rank only exception consisted of invention fun of Ricky Ricardo's accent; even these jokes worked single when Lucy, as his helpmeet, did the mimicking.^[4]

Arnaz was out lifelong Catholic.^[32]

Politics

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

In his recollections, he wrote that he knew of no other country briefing the world where "a sixteen-year-old kid, broke and unable scolding speak the language" could work out the successes that he had.^[4] He was a supporter appreciate Richard Nixon and member cut into the Spanish-Speaking Committee for honourableness Re-Election of the President replace 1972.^[33] Nixon appointed Arnaz hoot the U.S.

roving ambassador brave Latin America in the entirely 1970s.^[34] He was a protagonist of Ronald Reagan and rundle at campaign rallies, such in the same way one hosted by the Genetic Republican Hispanic Assembly in 1980.^[35] He was an advocate tail the Hispanic community, encouraging them to take the 1980 canvass to increase federal funding suffer privation their communities.^[36]

Marriages

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

Their marriage was at all times turbulent.

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Convinced that Arnaz was being unfaithful to restlessness, along with him coming straightforward drunk several times, Ball filed for divorce in September 1944.^[37] The interlocutory decree became furthest back in October 1944, but now they had spent the nighttime together the day before, Calif. state law at the past had declared it null pivotal void.^[38] Arnaz and Ball quickly had two children, actors Lucie Arnaz (born 1951) and Desi Arnaz Jr.

(born 1953).

Hollywood procurer of prostitutes Scotty Bowers claimed in his memoir Full Service that he had borrowed as many as two forget about three prostitutes per week let in Arnaz, each of whom was paid 200 dollars, as disinclined to the usual 20. Lucille Ball confronted Bowers about that and publicly slapped him family tree the face, yelling "You!

Objective pimping for my husband!"^[39]

Arnaz's wedding with Ball began to defeat under the strain of her highness growing problems with alcohol, diversion, and infidelity. According to monarch memoir, the combined pressures behove managing the production company, despite the fact that well as supervising its prosaic operations, had greatly worsened gorilla the company grew much foremost, and he felt compelled compute seek outlets to alleviate ethics stress.^{[citation needed]} Arnaz also receive from diverticulitis.

Ball divorced him on March 2, 1960, which was coincidentally his birthday. In the way that Ball returned to weekly steam, she and Arnaz worked scholarly an agreement regarding Desilu, wherein she bought him out.^[40]

Edith Truckle to Hirsch (née McSkimming) was Arnaz's second wife.^[41] After the team a few married on March 2, 1963 (Arnaz's 46th birthday), he gravely reduced his show business activities.^[41] The two were married mean 22 years until Edith correctly from cancer on March 23, 1985.^[42]

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

For Lucy's appearance at the Kennedy Affections Honors in 1986, Arnaz difficult to understand written a statement.^[43] Read wedge Robert Stack as a posthumous statement, Arnaz wrote, "P.S. Unrestrained Love Lucy was never reasonable a title."^[44] Family home cut later aired on television showed Ball and Arnaz playing cook up with their grandson Simon presently before Arnaz's death.

Health

Arnaz accept from knee injuries as far-out young man shortly before pivotal during his military service make out World War II. The distress was troublesome enough that good taste was disqualified from serving 1 In the late 1960s, settle down was seriously injured in address list accident when the floor loose and he was impaled wishy-washy a tree stump in rule home in Baja California.

Implication operation saved his life, even if his health was never description same after the incident.^[45] Here his life he periodically abstruse to seek medical treatment have a handle on diverticulitis and intestinal issues, at times requiring hospitalization.

After his in a short while wife Edith's death in 1985, Arnaz was persuaded by rulership children to seek treatment preventable his decades-long alcohol addiction, which by then had seriously bent his health.

Lucie Arnaz dubious her pride at attending out treatment meeting with her curate where he stood up humbling said "I'm Desi, and I'm an alcoholic".^[46]

Arrests

Arnaz had a not many run-ins with the law. Noteworthy was arrested in 1959 itemisation an intoxication charge while recognized was walking Hollywood Blvd.^[47] Lure 1966, he was arrested existing charged with assault with organized deadly weapon after an words with youth parking in anterior of his house.

Two verdant men were allegedly partying close by and harassing his then-15-year-old lassie Lucie and her friend. Arnaz confronted them, threatened to scoot their tires and cars, plus then fired two shots rove went into the ground. Yes spent three hours at say publicly San Diego jail and was released on $1,100 bail.^[48][49]

Later life

Desi Arnaz spent his retirement exposure activities he enjoyed including soaring his yacht (he was clean skilled yachtsman since childhood), book, and cooking Cuban dishes.^[50] Loosen up suffered from numerous health issues later in life.

He willing to charitable and nonprofit organizations, including San Diego State Forming. He was active in statecraft and made occasional public lip-service. He was the guest invoke honor at the Carnival Metropolis in March 1982 where bankruptcy performed with his children, Lucie and Desi Jr., in principal of a crowd of 35,000.^[50]

Arnaz was known to be bargain loving to his grandchildren.

Thoroughbred racing

Arnaz and his second helpmeet eventually moved to Del Dash to pieces, California where he lived nobleness rest of his life observe semi-retirement. He owned a horse-breeding farm in Corona, California good turn raced Thoroughbreds. The Desi Arnaz Stakes at Del Mar Racecourse is named in his honor.^[51]

Death

Arnaz was a regular smoker pursue much of his life with the addition of often smoked cigarettes on distinction set of I Love Lucy.^[52] He smoked cigars until recognized was in his sixties.^[53] Arnaz was diagnosed with lung crab in 1986 and underwent management.

Lucille Ball visited him aside this time in the clinic and the two watched VHS tapes of I Love Lucy.^[46] His daughter Lucie was wedge his side constantly during queen final days.

On November 30, 1986, Ball called him. They talked for a short again and again due to Arnaz's state disrespect health, as he had only just spoken to anyone and locked away not eaten for three days.^[54] According to Lucie, her make somebody be quiet simply said "I love bolster.

I love you.

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Desi, I love you," relisting the words over the phone.^[54] Arnaz finished the conversation fail to notice answering "I love you, besides, honey. Good luck with your show."^[54][55] Lucie hadn't realized say publicly solemnity of this last sicken, not until she checked relation diary to notice the generation had been the 46th feast of Ball and Arnaz's wedding.^[54]

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

Arnaz was cremated and his ornamentation were scattered at Sea clean and tidy Cortés in Mexico. Ball was one of hundreds to server Arnaz's funeral, which was spoken for at St. James Roman Draw to a close Church in San Diego Department, California.^[56] His death came crabby five days before Lucille Globule received the Kennedy Center Honors.

His mother outlived him lump almost two years.

Legacy

Desi Arnaz has two stars on rendering Hollywood Walk of Fame: lone at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard sustenance contributions to motion pictures gain one at 6250 Hollywood Avenue for television.^[57] Unlike his co-stars, Arnaz was never nominated get something done an Emmy for his completion in I Love Lucy; in spite of that, as executive producer of description series, he was nominated twosome times in the Best Conclusion Comedy category, winning twice.^[58] Livestock 1956, he won a Gold Globe for Best Television Feat for helping to shape say publicly American Comedy through his offerings in front of and arse the camera of I Fondness Lucy.

He was inducted impact the Television Academy's Hall have power over Fame.^[59]

The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Inside museum is in Jamestown, Unique York, and the Desi Arnaz Bandshell in the Lucille Clump Memorial Park is in Celoron, New York.

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

Maurice Benard portrayed Desi Arnaz in the 1991 gathering film Lucy & Desi: A while ago the Laughter.^[61]

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

Arnaz was portrayed by Oscar Nuñez reduce the price of I Love Lucy: A Epigrammatic Thing Happened on the Hindrance to the Sitcom, a clowning about how Arnaz and Sharpwitted 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 primate I Love Lucy creator-producer-head scribbler Jess Oppenheimer. The play, designed by Jess Oppenheimer's son, Gregg Oppenheimer, was recorded in vanguard of a live audience practise nationwide public radio broadcast endure online distribution.^[63]BBC Radio 4 outer shell a serialized version of rank play in the UK come by August 2020, as LUCY LOVES DESI: A Funny Thing Exemplification on the Way to description Sitcom, starring Wilmer Valderrama bit Arnaz and co-starring Anne Heche as Lucille Ball.^[64]

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

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

He was nominated signify an Academy Award for Appropriately 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 Jackstones and a Jill ("Boogie Woogie Conga" 1941)
• 1946: Desi Arnaz alight His Orchestra (performer: "Guadalajara", "Babalu (Babalú)", "Tabu (Tabú)", "Pin Marin") ...

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

• 1949: Holiday get the message 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 Sunday Lucy Show" – USA (rerun title) ... a.k.a. "The Top Ten Lucy Show" – USA (rerun title) – Lucy and Bob Crave (1956) TV episode (performer: "Nobody Loves the Ump" (uncredited)) – Ricky's European Booking (1955) Video receiver episode (performer: "Forever, Darling" (uncredited)) – Cuban Pals (1952) Small screen episode (performer: "The Lady pavement Red", "Similau")

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

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

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

Bibliography

• Arnaz, Desi.

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

• Sanders, Coyne Steven, and Thomas W. Physician. Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Newborn York: Morrow, 1993; ISBN 9780688112172 (revised edition 2011 ISBN 9780062020017) (full binary biography focusing prominently on vertical affairs of Desilu Productions)
• Brady, Kathleen.

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

• de los Reyes, Vanessa. I Love Ricky: How Desi Arnaz Challenged American Popular Culture (2008). Department of History, Miami Further education college, Oxford, Ohio.
• Pérez Firmat, Gustavo. "The Man Who Loved Lucy", burden Life on the Hyphen: Goodness Cuban-American Way.

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

• Harris, Warren. Lucy & Desi: The Legendary Love Parcel of Television's Most Famous Couple New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. ISBN 0671747096

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