“First Family” VAUGHN MEADER’s comic JFK impressions skyrocketed him to fame but his career, like Kennedy’s life, died 11.22.63.
Abbott Vaughn Meader was the Guinness World Record-holder for the fastest-selling album of all time. His album of John F. Kennedy satire, “The First Family,” amazingly sold a million copies during its first two weeks of release in 1962.
Meader, then in his late 20s, was overwhelmed with critical accolades as well.
“The First Family” won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1963 — as he appeared on national TV like Ed Sullivan Show and The Andy Williams Show while only in his late 20s.
Kennedy himself was said to have given copies of the album as Christmas presents and once greeted A DNC committee, "Vaughn Meader was busy tonight, so I came myself."