Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart (born September 5, 1929), is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

Stand-up comedy albums

The auditions led to his break-through recording contract. A disk jockey at the radio station introduced Newhart to the head of talent at Warner Bros. Records, which signed him only a year after the label was formed, based solely on those recordings. He expanded his material into a stand-up routine which he began to perform at nightclubs.

Related Topics:
Warner Bros. Records - Stand-up routine

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His 1960 comedy album, The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart, went straight to number one on the charts, beating Elvis Presley and the cast album of The Sound of Music. Button Down Mind received the 1961 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Newhart also won Best New Artist, and his quickly-released follow-on album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back, won Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word that same year.

Related Topics:
1960 - Elvis Presley - The Sound of Music - 1961 Grammy Award - Album of the Year - Best New Artist - Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word

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Subsequent comedy albums include Behind the Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1961), The Button-Down Mind on TV (1962), Bob Newhart Faces Bob Newhart (1964), Windmills Are Weakening (1965), This Is It (1967), Best of Bob Newhart (1971), and Very Funny Bob Newhart (1973).

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Years later he released The Button-Down Concert (1997) and Something Like This (2001).

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