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Newhart's first album The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart in 1960 was the first comedy album to sell a million copies and the first to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, beating out such contenders as Frank Sinatra and Harry Belafonte.
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In 1961 a full-time certified public accountant from Oak Park, Ill., won best album for The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, a stand-up comedy album recorded in Houston.
Archive 2010-01-24 Bill Crider 2010
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Newhart's follow-up album The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back was another hit and, for two consecutive weeks, Newhart had the number one and two albums in the country -- a record finally broken 31 years later by Axl Rose.
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Records, where he was responsible for pop hits by TV star Edd "Kookie" Byrnes as well as "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart," the first comedy album to hit No. 1 on the charts.
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When the sheen wore off of the Superhero who talked a big game, Button-Down was still there, doing the little things that actually improved your life; waiting patiently for you to grow out of your So-Called-Crush and recognize the value of genuine experience and commitment.
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Button-Down may not have been as snazzy, and he didn't write poetry, but he accomplished real things in the real world.
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For when you run a credit check, which incidentally is becoming a more routine part of the hiring process, you are shocked that little Mr. Button-Down or Ms. Business Suit is over his or her head in debt and has a credit report that looks like it just contracted leprosy!
Reposition Yourself T.D. Jakes 2007
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I played "The Button-Down Mind," and when I got ...
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KING: The first was "The Button-Down Mind," right.
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Thursday, June 11 Bob Newhart plays Carnegie Hall tonight for the first time since 1960 … "I had just made my first album, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, and it was kind of intimidating," said Mr. Newhart.
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