Before 1960, nobody had a number one comedy album. Then a former accountant recorded his first nightclub run. Bob Newhart had very little stage experience. The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart was recorded during the first nightclub performances he had ever given. It became the first comedy album to hit number one on Billboard. At the 1961 Grammys it won Album of the Year, beating Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Harry Belafonte. He also won Best New Artist, and he is still the only comedian to win both. It led to an NBC variety show that won an Emmy and a Peabody and lasted one season. He’d never worked a nightclub before. He made history in his first run.