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Stage Name |
Birth Name |
| Desi Arnaz |
Desderio Alberto Arnaz
y De Acha III |
Desi's family fled to Miami, Florida
from Cuba with his parents due to political problems. Desi Arnaz
is said to have invented the "La
Conga Dance," however he is more probably to have introduced
it to the United States rather than to have invented it, but either
way, he definitely made it very popular. Worked with the Xavier
Cugat Orchestra at one time.
He was a struggling musician and when he introduced
the La Conga, it made him famous. He later was to do it in the
Broadway play "Too Many Girls" in 1936 were he met Lucy.
Arnaz later would marry Lucille
Ball and partner with her on the Television sitcom "I
Love Lucy." Passed away in California at the age of 69. |
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