Vaughn Meader(1936-2004)

The major record companies did not wish to produce Meader's "First Family" album which lampooned the Kennedys. They were fearful of offending the White House. It was picked up by a small company Cadence. The album sold over seven million copies.

A lot of people don't know this, but we recorded 'The First Family' on the night of October 22, 1962, the same night as John F. Kennedy's Cuban Missle Crisis Speech. The audience was in the studio and had no idea of the drama that was taking place. But the cast had heard the speech and our throats almost dropped to our toes, because if the audience had heard the Cuban Missile Speech, we would not have received the reaction we did.