Phillu mainizee (175) Mandelin tykänneen Tito Puentesista ja Pupi Camposta niin paljon että muutti nimensä Babaluuxi. (Kolmas nimi on pianisti Joe Loco.) "Babalú" is a Cuban popular afro song written by Margarita Lecuona, the cousin of composers Ernestina and Ernesto Lecuona. The song title is a reference to the Santería deity Babalú Ayé. "Babalú" was the signature song of the fictional television character Ricky Ricardo, played by Desi Arnaz in the television comedy series I Love Lucy, though it was already an established musical number for Arnaz in the 1940s as evidenced in the 1946 film short Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra. By the time Arnaz had adopted the song, it had become a Latin American music standard, associated mainly with Cuban singer Miguelito Valdés, who recorded one of its many versions with Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra. Arnaz made the song a rather popular cultural reference in the United States.
ellauri488.html on line 351: I love Lucy is often regarded as one of the most influential television programs in history. Lucy is materialistic, naïve and ambitious. Executives did not think audiences would buy into a marriage between an all-American girl and a Latin man, but they did, which convinced its client, cigarette giant Philip Morris, to sponsor the show. Ball was being investigated for potential Communist sympathies in 1953, involved Arnaz telling the audience "Now I want you to meet my favorite wife, my favorite redhead. In fact, that's the only thing red about her. And even that's not legitimate, Lucile Ball. You got some splaining to do." Audience reactions were live, which created a more authentic laugh than the canned laughter used on most filmed sitcoms of the time. A big old I love Lucy wink. EVERYBODY in Neil's book speaks in clichés. It is a huge motherfucking cliché. Same goes for Jehova's best seller.
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