The First Family

The First Family was a comedy album that for a brief moment became one of the most successful recording projects in history, and just as quickly vanished in the wake of a national tragedy. In 1962, Bob Booker and Earle Doud were a pair of comedy writers brainstorming a new project when they struck upon the idea of making an album devoted to material about the then-current President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. With his good looks, quick wit, high public profile, and large and colorful family, Booker and Doud regarded Kennedy as a "movie star president," and began wri...