Bob Booker Dies: Writer And Producer For Grammy-Winning ‘The First Family’ Was 92
deadline.comTV producer/writer Bob Booker, who spent 75 years working in television, radio, film, and the recording industry, died July 12 at his home in Tiburon, California, at age 92 from heart failure, according to his daughter, Laura Booker.
Booker was best known for the Grammy Award-winning album, The First Family, In 1963, Booker, with partner Earle Doud, wrote and produced The First Family, a lampoon of President John F.
Kennedy and his family starring Vaughn Meader. The album became the largest- and fastest-selling record in the history of the record industry, selling one million copies per week for the first six weeks and ultimately selling 7.5 million copies.
The First Family went on to win the Grammy for Best Album that year. JFK was known to have enjoyed parody, and when asked about the album, he replied, “I listened to Mr.
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