What really makes this cool is that this performance was before Elvis on Ed Sullivan and you could deem it racy for the time when Desi takes off his tie. Remember, when Elvis performed the cameras would not show him moving his hips. I bet a million women who watched this back in the prudish 1950's were creaming in their panties, lol.
@MrsWillShakes The show was pretty good with Lucy as the funny one and Ricky as the straight man. It is real classic style comedy and worth buying the dvd set of the show.
If you want to hear Desi's other songs listen to "The Swing Years" Saturday nights on KUOW. It's a radio station in Seattle but you can listen on the internet. She plays Desi fairly often including stuff you didn't hear on I <3 Lucy, and you can email requests.
The Babalu song was done as a promise to the Santaria goddess Babalu, one of the Yorisha. Babalu is the: name of the yorisha of skin illnesses, venereal illness and
others. Mayenye is another of the deity name (some say is a woman spirit)
The song is the description of a sacrifice to Babalu in order to get a new
girlfriend ("negra" is the friendly name for the Cuban girls). If only the uptight censors of the day knew that he was doing a Pagan ritual with that song.
@raptorcat61 Hate to disappoint you, but Santaria and Paganism have nothing to do with each other. That said, this truly is ritualistic in nature. You can tell he's totally entranced in the music. Kinda scary actually...
@PalCatIN So then, let's say that you are correct. What did the African slaves practice before they were made slaves to Christian lords? I have my information from local Vodun and Santaria practitioners, locally, in Miami. They both tell similar stories of how the religions came about. Vodun is found in French and english cultures and Santaria in Spanish. Not that they are identical, just as no two Wiccan paths are identical, but they share historical commonalities.
@raptorcat61 OK, historical commonalities, I'll give you, but that's where the commonality stops. My main point is it would be a Santaria or Voodoo ritual, not a Pagan one.
@PalCatIN But that IS the point. Vodun and Santaria are both hybrids of Paganism and Christianity, often using Christian saints in place of other spirits that would normally have been used in the original African Pagan religions.
Remember that Paganism covers the whole gamut of native religions that precede Judaism and Christianity. Even the Greek/Roman/Egyptian religions were Pagan as well. The fact that Vodun is practiced is a prop to the slaves that kept their religion even as slaves.
@PalCatIN In Vodun, they use the African and island spirit names because they could get away with it, but for Santaria, they could not because the slaveholders were Spanish Christians that would not otherwise stand for it or be fooled by it.
From a patrician Cuban family who was chased off the island in one of many gov't upheavals, he reinvented himself, totally bluffed Cugat into lending him a few musicians, and ended up doing two shows at per night in Manhattan with a Broadway starring role between shows... all the while teaching Anglos to get off their asses and join in a riotous congo line. He was the hot ticket in town when Lucy first laid eyes upon him...
@kissolife yes Kiss, so many think Lucy was the brains. I dare say Desi saw her coming his way as well. They made an excellent pair. His business sense set Hollywood on their ears. Thinking this poor Cuban man what does he know, sure let him have the rights....not knowing every sip of rum set his family up for generations, without the t.v. money. But television just made sure that legacy lives on, and on. I bet so many execs haven't kicked themselves like that again..bravo Desi & Lucy...
Yes, my sisters and I love I love Lucy. I am 16, so is my twin (obviously) and my sister is Tori. Our fave shows from our childhood were I Love Lucy, And yGriffith, Red Skelton, and Gomer Pyle. Ha. Kids these days.
when i was like 4 or 5 i wanted Ricky Ricardo to be my boyfriend! LOL too bad Desi died like 3 years before i was born :( lol he made me proud to be a latina from a young age! he deserves more recognition. Lucy brought the comedy and Desi brought the flavor and the beats!!! perfect tv show! will never be anything like it! :)
Fun fact: Desi is invoking and welcoming Babalu-Aye, the Orisha (god) of healing and fortitude in Santeria. Watch how wild eyed he gets as he gets to the climax when Babalu supposedly arrives.
@poeavor That people like you are walking around in the world with horrible taste and ideas is horrifying. Arnaz was a tour de force in both music and television, and anyone who disputes that should be erased from the gene pool.
@MrDaltonJr I recently read Lucy's autobiography and although I was happy that I learned about how Desi changed the television industry, I was sad that I didn't know about it until now (I am 25). He deserves a LOT of credit.
@grammy70: I'm lucky. Desi and Lucy were in my generation so I can enjoy both them and the contemporary stuff you enjoy, too. There's always been good music, and I expect there always will be.
Desi was aware of the caracter he played on Lucy. He played it perfectly. Plus he was a badass latin musician. I used to watch reruns of it every day after school in the '70s. I later became a successful bass player, and I am sure this was an influence.
He is the Cuban Elvis!!!! ahh, by the way, I love this song and sing it because I like its rhythm, I think the song is so popular nowadays that it is not sung for religious reasons
What many people don't know is that he produced the "I Love Lucy." He was the first person who put an audience inside the studio. Both he and Lucy had done the Ricardos as sketches live and he knew that Lucy always performed better with a live audience...hence an audience inside the studio.
He also had the idea to film the show. If he hadn't we wouldn't be enjoying the show more than 50 years later. Desilu Productions also brought us Star Trek. It went to Paramount after their divorce.
@gomerijos Desi and Miguelito were good friends by all accounts. The song was actually written by a woman, Margarita Lecuona, but I can't find that she ever recorded it.
@battenwood Margarita Lecuona's fathe was a cousin of Ernesto Lecuona.She was born in 1910 in Cuba and died 1981 in New Jersey.She authored more than 300 songs.
Babalu was written inthe mid 30's.Desi Arnaz recorded it in 1946.
its so crazy to hear his music and know how many people sing this song and not know what its really about. i bet that most of you do not know that babalou is a saint in santeria and he is paying homage to him. maferefun san lazaro
@battenwood Well ofcourse i was not personally there with him but from what i know this song is a homage to babalu and you would have to have zero knowledge about Santeria to not sing it for that reason. Also he was Cuban and babalu is one of Cuba’s patriot saints. Also any song that is sang for a particular saint is considered either a invocation, payment or offering for whatever the saint did for you. so to answer you- i do believe it was for san lazaro.
wow grammy how old are you? how old were u when u saw him. its 2010...lets say u saw him n 1950. u had to be somewhat old to watch his show and remember it so lets say u were 20. so u were born in the 30's. lets do 2010-1930...80. so ur 80 and posting on youtube?...NICE! technology knows no boundaries..im 26 and i love i love lucy. fred mertz is by far the funniest character ever made!
You know, I watched this as a kid without realizing how great it was. Desi is underrated... or was. People might be rediscovering him now. This performance is bad-ass!
With respect to Spanish speaking people, are the lyrics loosely translated as "I want a black woman who'll give money-don't want her hair to be dyed' whilst yelling out to a "god" called Babalu? A co-worker from Puerto Rico was translating for me. Just wondering. Bow before Desi awesomeness on the conga drum.! He da Man!
@bbqeatinbuckeye you got the god part ( orisha ) it's a deity in santeria .. saint lazurus. the deity of the sick. it's a santeris song. the rest of the lyrics your friend your friend got wrong. ( sorry ) the song is called babalu aye ....if i had more space i'd gladly translate it for you, but the space i took explaining it was moe important ;)
This stuff, as they say, ROCKS !!! It's going to be around for decades after some of the crap they call music today fades away like a fart in a windstorm.
I wish they still had clubs like this today. Grab a cocktail and watch an incredible show. Now it's just terribly lit dance floors with terrible thumping music.
Playing comedy as they did (and filmed in black in white) it's easy to forget that Lucy and Desi were actually very good looking people. If you haven't viewed them dancing to Cuban Pete here, take a look. They're both sexy.
Ye Gods! Desi is one of the sexiest men I've seen in long time! I remember when my mom bought me my first "I Love Lucy" box set, I was 12. Almost 3 years later & my feeling for him have never been altered in the slightest bit! Just watching Desi play those drums makes me...Wet!
Unfortunately I was all of 10 or 11, but it sure established a precedent for the coming years. LOL. Try Cuban Pete......how could Elvis move me after Desi??
This use to drive my granddaddy Nutz He hated this song I use to irritate the heck out of him by cranking up the volume up on the tv when Desi did this song On I love Lucy. I love Drums
I have pictures of my Mom and Dad nightclubing in New York in the late 50's. They tell me it was a golden time for Cuban artists (think Mambo Kings). Too bad nothing like this exists today, nothing but idiots with their pants on the groud screaming into microphones spewing garbage for lyrics, acting like the ignorant, fatherless thugs they are!
I saw him years later on the first season of Saturday Night Live (Desi Jr was the official Host) at the end of the episode Desi performed Babalu. Twenty years or so after this clip, his hair now white he Still played with the same intensity and that damned lock of hair still went wild. Marvelous!
@mithras718 Well, not vodou, not the Haitian one, but yeah, Babalue Aye is the orisha of illness, Ricky's singing asking Babalu to give him back the loved one he took. heh
What really makes this cool is that this performance was before Elvis on Ed Sullivan and you could deem it racy for the time when Desi takes off his tie. Remember, when Elvis performed the cameras would not show him moving his hips. I bet a million women who watched this back in the prudish 1950's were creaming in their panties, lol.
Borjack58 2 days ago
Desi was a cool mofo, nuff said.
Borjack58 2 days ago
Ricky went hard in the paint. Babalu would be pleased
jayeyay 1 week ago
I WANT HIS BAND !
moondog50002000 4 weeks ago in playlist Desi Arnaz Music
Wish I could travel back in time to run my fingers through that hair... yum yum.
Loca8723 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
if justin bieber sees this he would shit himself
Duckqub 1 month ago
His hair
TheCandyYoshi 1 month ago
This guy was tremendous. His father was the Mayor of Santiago de Cuba....My grandfather used to work with him.
Seaverful 1 month ago
A la memoria de Desiderio Arnaz ..... ...
juanbosco31 1 month ago
Swag all day !
diclado 2 months ago
Desi Arnaz was the man!
BecauseWereHere 2 months ago
Ricky Ricardo go hard. Desi Arnez
simsalfred7 3 months ago
I love this song and Desi was hot in his time
yaya6886 3 months ago
bad ass video
six8rydr2001 3 months ago in playlist video clips
the Baby Babalu video is cute w/Little Ricky
zacefronswife100 3 months ago
Desi was pretty hot
zacefronswife100 3 months ago
Oh lay oh lay oh lay....yeah yeah yeah,,,,arriba con la conga...ARRIBA CON LA CONGA!!!!
mrusmcdoc53 4 months ago
@MrsWillShakes The show was pretty good with Lucy as the funny one and Ricky as the straight man. It is real classic style comedy and worth buying the dvd set of the show.
raptorcat61 4 months ago
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FAKE AND GAY!!!! Rat Faddle
1LEGENDARYGUY 5 months ago
I can do that if you five me 40 pixie sticks!
Cantantaranta 5 months ago
@MrsWillShakes I am the same way!
Cantantaranta 5 months ago
If you want to hear Desi's other songs listen to "The Swing Years" Saturday nights on KUOW. It's a radio station in Seattle but you can listen on the internet. She plays Desi fairly often including stuff you didn't hear on I <3 Lucy, and you can email requests.
ksol1460tv 5 months ago
who would win in a Cuban bad-ass fight ... Ricky Ricardo or Tony Montana?
tsartodd 5 months ago
@tsartodd Pfft! Eassssy! Ricky!
MrsCullenJankowski 5 months ago
Desi's best performance on I Love Lucy by far... this is legendary!!
egglady 5 months ago
i wonder how his hands looked when he got old
4102rukahscaput 5 months ago
The Babalu song was done as a promise to the Santaria goddess Babalu, one of the Yorisha. Babalu is the: name of the yorisha of skin illnesses, venereal illness and
others. Mayenye is another of the deity name (some say is a woman spirit)
The song is the description of a sacrifice to Babalu in order to get a new
girlfriend ("negra" is the friendly name for the Cuban girls). If only the uptight censors of the day knew that he was doing a Pagan ritual with that song.
raptorcat61 5 months ago 2
@raptorcat61 Hate to disappoint you, but Santaria and Paganism have nothing to do with each other. That said, this truly is ritualistic in nature. You can tell he's totally entranced in the music. Kinda scary actually...
PalCatIN 4 months ago
@PalCatIN So then, let's say that you are correct. What did the African slaves practice before they were made slaves to Christian lords? I have my information from local Vodun and Santaria practitioners, locally, in Miami. They both tell similar stories of how the religions came about. Vodun is found in French and english cultures and Santaria in Spanish. Not that they are identical, just as no two Wiccan paths are identical, but they share historical commonalities.
raptorcat61 4 months ago
@raptorcat61 OK, historical commonalities, I'll give you, but that's where the commonality stops. My main point is it would be a Santaria or Voodoo ritual, not a Pagan one.
PalCatIN 3 months ago
@PalCatIN But that IS the point. Vodun and Santaria are both hybrids of Paganism and Christianity, often using Christian saints in place of other spirits that would normally have been used in the original African Pagan religions.
Remember that Paganism covers the whole gamut of native religions that precede Judaism and Christianity. Even the Greek/Roman/Egyptian religions were Pagan as well. The fact that Vodun is practiced is a prop to the slaves that kept their religion even as slaves.
raptorcat61 3 months ago
@PalCatIN In Vodun, they use the African and island spirit names because they could get away with it, but for Santaria, they could not because the slaveholders were Spanish Christians that would not otherwise stand for it or be fooled by it.
raptorcat61 3 months ago
@PalCatIN Sorry. Forgot to mention that I agree about the ecstatic state that he looks to be in on that clip..
raptorcat61 4 months ago
@PalCatIN 'Pagan' in this sense just means pre-Christian. And yes, you can tell he is in THE ZONE.
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Feliz centenario Lucy I love Lucy
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Terrakinetic 5 months ago
Santa Maria, El Gran Conguerro !!!!!!!
SuperKenster1 6 months ago
Yo quiero pedir que mi negra me quiera!, que tenga dinero y no se mueeeera!.
darkcreed18 6 months ago
whats your name?? RICARRRDO....RRICKY RICARRRDO...
shinnylenny 6 months ago 2
From a patrician Cuban family who was chased off the island in one of many gov't upheavals, he reinvented himself, totally bluffed Cugat into lending him a few musicians, and ended up doing two shows at per night in Manhattan with a Broadway starring role between shows... all the while teaching Anglos to get off their asses and join in a riotous congo line. He was the hot ticket in town when Lucy first laid eyes upon him...
kissolife 6 months ago 2
@kissolife yes Kiss, so many think Lucy was the brains. I dare say Desi saw her coming his way as well. They made an excellent pair. His business sense set Hollywood on their ears. Thinking this poor Cuban man what does he know, sure let him have the rights....not knowing every sip of rum set his family up for generations, without the t.v. money. But television just made sure that legacy lives on, and on. I bet so many execs haven't kicked themselves like that again..bravo Desi & Lucy...
missycah1 6 months ago
Though this doesn't hold a candle to Miguelito Valdes' version, you still gotta love Desi Arnaz. Read his autobiography. Great stuff.
kissolife 6 months ago
I missed the days watching I Love Lucy every night. There's no comparison to the trashy, no talent shows of today.
bklynAtrain 6 months ago
Yes, my sisters and I love I love Lucy. I am 16, so is my twin (obviously) and my sister is Tori. Our fave shows from our childhood were I Love Lucy, And yGriffith, Red Skelton, and Gomer Pyle. Ha. Kids these days.
Takaheemuranastope 6 months ago
¡Maferefún Babalú Ayé!
FedUpSista 6 months ago
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FedUpSista 6 months ago
Fuck that would hurt my hands... ricky you got some splaining' to do!!!
nazronerox 6 months ago
the much talented and handsome Desi Arnaz , my favorite episode
capatga 6 months ago
9 people need to have their head be the conga drum.
tubefluid 6 months ago
when i was like 4 or 5 i wanted Ricky Ricardo to be my boyfriend! LOL too bad Desi died like 3 years before i was born :( lol he made me proud to be a latina from a young age! he deserves more recognition. Lucy brought the comedy and Desi brought the flavor and the beats!!! perfect tv show! will never be anything like it! :)
melirose89 7 months ago 2
……. Genuine Voudon in action … Priceless .……
Clematisian 7 months ago
9 people don't love lucy.
HookahTurka 7 months ago
im 23 now. I grew up watching i love lucy and Desi. I think after watching this that i was subconsciously influenced by him to be a musician lol.
KatsuGuitar 7 months ago
man Desi was such a talented guy
kurtcer 8 months ago
Everything went better than expected.
matt180389 8 months ago
Pssst... He was also an accomplished actor, both small screen and large. :)
neffada53 8 months ago
miguelito valdez version much better.
jesamani75 8 months ago
Dynamite.
MrDaltonJr 8 months ago
THATS MOTHA FUCKING BOSS!!!
PatronFabian 8 months ago
Hey, do you think you can add his performance of "Jezebel"? I really like that song.
scarletibis24 8 months ago
wow desi, i love you LOL you were so freaking good at what you did,
dimensionalyspeaking 9 months ago
Fun fact: Desi is invoking and welcoming Babalu-Aye, the Orisha (god) of healing and fortitude in Santeria. Watch how wild eyed he gets as he gets to the climax when Babalu supposedly arrives.
darkfiresl2 9 months ago 20
@darkfiresl2 - Yes - I believe a lot of Cubans are familiar with that concept. So sad he allows
his roving eye to ruin his marriage. Sad when they divorced.
castalia60able 2 months ago
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This guy sings horrible. The orchesta was ok, but who told him he could sing? He can't even play the druims well.
poeavor 9 months ago
@poeavor That people like you are walking around in the world with horrible taste and ideas is horrifying. Arnaz was a tour de force in both music and television, and anyone who disputes that should be erased from the gene pool.
MrDaltonJr 8 months ago
@MrDaltonJr I recently read Lucy's autobiography and although I was happy that I learned about how Desi changed the television industry, I was sad that I didn't know about it until now (I am 25). He deserves a LOT of credit.
seonfox 8 months ago 2
Hard to believe they have all passed away. I watch them everyday on tv.
BlackFenderStrat 9 months ago
@grammy70: I'm lucky. Desi and Lucy were in my generation so I can enjoy both them and the contemporary stuff you enjoy, too. There's always been good music, and I expect there always will be.
Stantheskeptic 9 months ago
ahahah
narkoska12345678 9 months ago
Great video. Thanks for the upload. I love this rhythm.
kulmankulman 9 months ago
i like how his hair gets more and more messed up as he goes. great performance.
bulletman100 9 months ago 24
Desi was aware of the caracter he played on Lucy. He played it perfectly. Plus he was a badass latin musician. I used to watch reruns of it every day after school in the '70s. I later became a successful bass player, and I am sure this was an influence.
bulletman100 9 months ago
Haha, I like the title.
Ylirymiry 9 months ago
my cats name was Babalu :)
Bflatest 9 months ago
haha garfiel toca esta cancion en un episodio hahaha xD
Gomita010 9 months ago
Ay ay ay ay ay
lindianarch 10 months ago
What energy !!!
originalmatchgame 10 months ago
He is the Cuban Elvis!!!! ahh, by the way, I love this song and sing it because I like its rhythm, I think the song is so popular nowadays that it is not sung for religious reasons
loqdijoLrey 10 months ago
Maybe my next husband will be a latin man:)
LoquaciousByNature 10 months ago
What many people don't know is that he produced the "I Love Lucy." He was the first person who put an audience inside the studio. Both he and Lucy had done the Ricardos as sketches live and he knew that Lucy always performed better with a live audience...hence an audience inside the studio.
He also had the idea to film the show. If he hadn't we wouldn't be enjoying the show more than 50 years later. Desilu Productions also brought us Star Trek. It went to Paramount after their divorce.
tescgovdocs 10 months ago
@tescgovdocs They were running an "I Love Lucy" marathon on one of the cable channels last week...it might still be on.
At the end of the song, you can hear a very loud "yeah" from Bill Frawley (Fred Mertz).
battenwood 10 months ago
you guys do know this was done in the blessings of cuban culture and religion Santeria. right..?
Brittneyisradd14 10 months ago
No matter how much talent a person has (and Arnaz had plenty) you simply could not be married to Lucille Ball and be anything but "supporting cast".
kristov29 11 months ago
Damn this guy was fantastic! I always adored him any way. Thanks for posting this!
blueagate 11 months ago
OMG, I love these comments!!! Too funny!
Lyubov91 11 months ago
" go ricky slap the bitch"
molamani 11 months ago
Like Miguelito Valdes ,who first recorded it in 1939 with Casino de la Playa,nobody has sung it.
gomerijos 11 months ago
@gomerijos Desi and Miguelito were good friends by all accounts. The song was actually written by a woman, Margarita Lecuona, but I can't find that she ever recorded it.
battenwood 10 months ago
@battenwood Margarita Lecuona's fathe was a cousin of Ernesto Lecuona.She was born in 1910 in Cuba and died 1981 in New Jersey.She authored more than 300 songs.
Babalu was written inthe mid 30's.Desi Arnaz recorded it in 1946.
gomerijos 10 months ago
Ya''U sure right.he is damn Hot''
patmuko 11 months ago
its so crazy to hear his music and know how many people sing this song and not know what its really about. i bet that most of you do not know that babalou is a saint in santeria and he is paying homage to him. maferefun san lazaro
cvictoria123 11 months ago
@cvictoria123 Do you think Desi believed in it or did he just think it was a cool song and a crowd pleaser to perform?
I don't believe in it and I've been singing "Babalu" since I was a kid.
(My mother-in-law used to believe in it but that's another story.)
battenwood 10 months ago
@battenwood Well ofcourse i was not personally there with him but from what i know this song is a homage to babalu and you would have to have zero knowledge about Santeria to not sing it for that reason. Also he was Cuban and babalu is one of Cuba’s patriot saints. Also any song that is sang for a particular saint is considered either a invocation, payment or offering for whatever the saint did for you. so to answer you- i do believe it was for san lazaro.
cvictoria123 10 months ago
Ojalá pudieras estar con nosotros hoy en día..
orison319 1 year ago
Is there ANYTHING that Desi Arnaz could not do? The man is a legend and a genius.
rem2267 1 year ago
1. LOVE the title of this video. LOL
2. I'm trying to teach my bird to sing Babalu (his name is Desi)
3. His hair getting messed up - dead sexy!
rem2267 1 year ago 2
thank you for bringing back the memories of good entertainment!!!
BichonFrise2001 1 year ago
Terrific! I can see one reason Lucille Ball married him.
kweer58 1 year ago
never heard of the guy until i saw delirius
AFriendOfAxel 1 year ago
Ahhhh, he was so handsome <3
amberlovesapplepie09 1 year ago
Awesome. Thanks for the memories.
MrSuperElastic 1 year ago
his stage presence is great! but i gotta be honest he's not a very good singer. his singing voice sounds like him yelling at lucy.
imheren0w 1 year ago
Try about twelve!!
grammy70 1 year ago
When his hair starts to get messed up - so sexy!
rem2267 1 year ago 2
whose line is it anyway tapioca. so funny
1fatdan 1 year ago 2
I Want His Hair!!!!! I Love it!
wickedruddcook101 1 year ago 2
wow grammy how old are you? how old were u when u saw him. its 2010...lets say u saw him n 1950. u had to be somewhat old to watch his show and remember it so lets say u were 20. so u were born in the 30's. lets do 2010-1930...80. so ur 80 and posting on youtube?...NICE! technology knows no boundaries..im 26 and i love i love lucy. fred mertz is by far the funniest character ever made!
emporio8404 1 year ago
HE IS A SMEXY BEAST. I...I had my first.."DREAM" about him. ;)
tarjay35 1 year ago
WOW! WOW! WOW! DID EVERYONE READ grammy70's comment???
Gave me the chills and a smile!!!
Thanks! AND THANKS TO wrlord for sharing this video!!
It IS Badass!!!
zoics1 1 year ago 2
Desi had great instinct for show business as well as talent. Just sexxy as all hell.
wiccanlove1 1 year ago
You know, I watched this as a kid without realizing how great it was. Desi is underrated... or was. People might be rediscovering him now. This performance is bad-ass!
racookster 1 year ago 3
mejor version es de Miguelito Valdez
Andymercury71 1 year ago
MAN I LOVE, I LOVE LUCY
mrsmire91 1 year ago 4
he went totally sickhouse on that shit at the end
mjdietle 1 year ago
nada como miguelito valdez
MrMagma67 1 year ago
this nigga kills it!!!!!!!!!
EcuaEd 1 year ago
Yeah baby, loosen that tie! What a sexy, sexy man.
WrenskiBaby 1 year ago 3
@WrenskiBaby all us cubans are sexy babe lol !
jerseyman34 1 year ago
With respect to Spanish speaking people, are the lyrics loosely translated as "I want a black woman who'll give money-don't want her hair to be dyed' whilst yelling out to a "god" called Babalu? A co-worker from Puerto Rico was translating for me. Just wondering. Bow before Desi awesomeness on the conga drum.! He da Man!
bbqeatinbuckeye 1 year ago
@bbqeatinbuckeye you got the god part ( orisha ) it's a deity in santeria .. saint lazurus. the deity of the sick. it's a santeris song. the rest of the lyrics your friend your friend got wrong. ( sorry ) the song is called babalu aye ....if i had more space i'd gladly translate it for you, but the space i took explaining it was moe important ;)
jerseyman34 1 year ago
Lovely performance
mcfrdmn 1 year ago
BabaLu
Baba = Daddy
Lu = Lucifer
mistermateriel 1 year ago
This stuff, as they say, ROCKS !!! It's going to be around for decades after some of the crap they call music today fades away like a fart in a windstorm.
knoxvilleguy2 1 year ago
Miguelito valdes - Babalu.
Enough said.
ABAisSCIENCE 1 year ago
Pure energy! What a great man!
cubanbach 1 year ago 2
I wish they still had clubs like this today. Grab a cocktail and watch an incredible show. Now it's just terribly lit dance floors with terrible thumping music.
VonCouch 1 year ago 3
that nigga is ill son!
hitop363 1 year ago
Playing comedy as they did (and filmed in black in white) it's easy to forget that Lucy and Desi were actually very good looking people. If you haven't viewed them dancing to Cuban Pete here, take a look. They're both sexy.
mandycat45 1 year ago
That's one sexy Cubano papi!!!
BIG4Life899 1 year ago
@grammy70 Elvis didnt have the rhythm that Desi had. And I wish I coulda been there with you. Amazing! I Love Lucy was one of my fav shows.
Classic!
nowthatsacookie 1 year ago
Ye Gods! Desi is one of the sexiest men I've seen in long time! I remember when my mom bought me my first "I Love Lucy" box set, I was 12. Almost 3 years later & my feeling for him have never been altered in the slightest bit! Just watching Desi play those drums makes me...Wet!
TheTheater4life 1 year ago
sexy!
ChronicRachel 1 year ago
Unfortunately I was all of 10 or 11, but it sure established a precedent for the coming years. LOL. Try Cuban Pete......how could Elvis move me after Desi??
grammy70 1 year ago
miguelito valdez es mejor cantando este tema ,,,escuchenlo
heinellheillen 1 year ago
This use to drive my granddaddy Nutz He hated this song I use to irritate the heck out of him by cranking up the volume up on the tv when Desi did this song On I love Lucy. I love Drums
dmiller60 1 year ago
One word- Smokin'
bethmcfadden 1 year ago
that is cool as shit!
Borjack58 1 year ago
I always loved ricky. I was heart broken when i found out he cheated on lucy :(
watashiwa100 1 year ago
Tapiooca! x3
NoOtherNamesWereLeft 1 year ago 2
I have pictures of my Mom and Dad nightclubing in New York in the late 50's. They tell me it was a golden time for Cuban artists (think Mambo Kings). Too bad nothing like this exists today, nothing but idiots with their pants on the groud screaming into microphones spewing garbage for lyrics, acting like the ignorant, fatherless thugs they are!
edcasanova2003 1 year ago 4
I saw him years later on the first season of Saturday Night Live (Desi Jr was the official Host) at the end of the episode Desi performed Babalu. Twenty years or so after this clip, his hair now white he Still played with the same intensity and that damned lock of hair still went wild. Marvelous!
ImaCOTV 1 year ago 2
Not sure if this posted earlier but does anyone know what I love Lucy episode this might have come from?
eruiz006 1 year ago
@eruiz006 It's from 'The Audition'.
illnsp08 1 year ago
Pretty awesome..
Cadmium77 1 year ago
thats freakin sweet
zdawg524 1 year ago
TAPIOOOOOOCA!
maxpowers518 1 year ago 4
@maxpowers518 just saw the whose line episode of that lmfao. so freaking good.
brandnizzle217 1 year ago
Bad ass motherfucker!!
MaestroZ 1 year ago
he he he i like his hair
rjmnrcproductions 1 year ago 3
happy birth day desi...xoxoxo
lovegrisly 1 year ago
This guy was a cool motha fuka
tuinky19 1 year ago 28
he sure entertained!!
FamousBirthdays 1 year ago 4
he wrecked that congo drum. lol ayy yeah
simsalfred7 1 year ago 3
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simsalfred7 1 year ago
BRUTAL!!! Ahora quiero bailar. Como me hubiera gustado vivir esos tiempos... C'est la vie!
christuti 1 year ago 2
Haa, this was JUST on. Lol.
Anywho, I think Ricky is pretty hot. Lucy was lucky.
SHSBBy10 1 year ago 4
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@SHSBBy10 He may have been sexy, but Ricky was kind of an ass.
RRainey20 1 year ago
no he beat her
kingMadnus 1 year ago
He was the best. I love the way he was so "in the zone" when he was drumming.
leo94macias 1 year ago 3
nadiebcomo el
avenacon1pasa 2 years ago
hot and sensational performance!
dianjc 2 years ago 2
excelente interpretación de babalu, la negra bembona, de desi, tanto se entregó para tocar la conga, que hasta despeinado terminó !
hude60 2 years ago 2
Desi RocKS !!!
backstcrawler 2 years ago 3
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god damn! I don't care if this is in th 50's.....I'd do him.....so freicken hot and erotic!! lol
Brisi502 2 years ago 43
@Brisi502 i hear you!!!! hot damn! ha
ChronicRachel 1 year ago
@Brisi502 you must be really horny!
MrLoco00791234567890 1 year ago
@Brisi502 well he's latin...most latin guys are hot n sexy
1simaddict1 1 year ago 2
@Brisi502 latinos babe latinos !!!
jerseyman34 1 year ago
Aw damn! He's pomp got all messed up. I hate it when that happens. I'm all done rockin' out and then find out later I look like Kramer. lmao!
Classic!
RockaZtubeHD 2 years ago
Keep it piled high my friends!
~Rockabilly Forever~
RockaZtubeHD 2 years ago
the messed up hair made him THAT much more sexy.
MsTexas73 2 years ago 6
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Why thank you! lol I mean yeah of course. :)
RockaZtubeHD 2 years ago
and he knew he was some cuban sexiness givin that hot cuban sex to lucy every night... no wonder she lost her mind off some ricky!!
hardrein101 2 years ago 2
@MsTexas73 hahhah sooo true!!!!!!
moviechick9620 1 year ago
My parents saw Desi Arnaz perform live, many years before I was born. They loved him. And said he was fantastic in person!
tacsnktsa 2 years ago 6
ESTA MUY CHINGONA LA MELODIA DE RICKY RICARDO, PERO NO SE EN QUE ESPISODIO SALE DE garfiold IMITANDO A ESTE AMIGO.
SuperVatoLoko 2 years ago
I love that he performed a Vodou ("Voodoo "), or actually Santeria, invocation on nationwide TV.
mithras718 2 years ago
@mithras718 Well, not vodou, not the Haitian one, but yeah, Babalue Aye is the orisha of illness, Ricky's singing asking Babalu to give him back the loved one he took. heh
KremlinH 2 years ago
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GOD I love this video!
VRevis 2 years ago