Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz - Friar's Club Presents Lucy And Desi Testimonial Dinner 1958

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Lucille Ball	Lucille Désirée Ball	Jamestown, New York, USA
Aug 06 1911 - Apr 26 1989 age 77(1989-04-26)	Official Site	Wikipedia

Desi Arnaz	Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III	Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Mar 02 1917 - Dec 02 1986 age 69(1986-12-02)	Official Site	Wikipedia

• Very rare 1958 private label gatefold 2 LP “The Friars Club Presents The Lucille Ball And Desi Arnaz Testimonial Dinner” (No cat #).
• This event for the stars of I Love Lucy took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel November 23, 1958 in celebration of the Friars Club 10th Anniversary. These testimonial dinners eventually were called “roasts”.
• Making an appearance at this “roast” was Dean Martin who spoke at length and also sang a parody of “Volare” about Lucy & Desi accompanied by Ken Lane.
• The LPs also featured appearances by George Burns, Art Linkletter, George Murphy, Tony Martin, Milton Berle and several others.

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