  desi arnaz, jr. (born desiderio alberto arnaz iv; january 19, 1953), is an american actor and musician and the son of entertainers lucille ball and desi arnaz, and is the brother of actress lucie dÃ©sirÃ©e arnaz. ==early life== desi arnaz, jr. was born in los angeles, california on january 19, 1953. he has an older sister, lucie dÃ©sirÃ©e arnaz, who was born in 1951. his birth was one of the most publicized in television history. his parents were the stars of the american television situation comedy i love lucy, and ball's pregnancy was part of the storyline, considered daring in those times. the same day lucy gave birth to desi jr., the fictional lucy ricardo gave birth to "little ricky". little ricky as a baby was played by two sets of twins, richard and ronald lee simmons (1953â1954), followed by joseph and michael mayer (1954â1955). a boy named keith thibodeaux (using the stage name richard keith) was later cast to play 6-year-old little ricky. to shield him from the effects of too much publicity, everything was centered around fictional baby, little ricky ricardo. as a testament to how interested the american public was in lucy's tv baby, desi arnaz jr. appeared on the cover on the very first issue of tv guide with a title that read: "lucy's $50,000,000 baby." the reason he was given this title was because revenue from certain tie-in commitments were expected to top that mark. ==career== thumb|190px|arnaz, his mother lucille ball, and his sister lucie in here's lucy, 1968. at age 12, arnaz was a drummer with dino, desi, & billy. the others were dean paul martin, (son of dean martin), and billy hinsche. the band scored two hit singles with "i'm a fool" and "not the lovin' kind" in 1965. in 1968, he and his sister lucie played opposite their mother in here's lucy as he
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