Though a series of tour dates in early 1963 were notably unsuccessful ("Billboard " reported that he "bombed" in Pittsburgh, and only 742 people showed up in Philadelphia), he still played to packed houses in Las Vegas. "The First Family" won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1963. That March, Meader recorded a follow-up album, "The First Family Volume Two", a combination of spoken comedy and songs performed by actors and comedians portraying members of the President's family and White House staff. The sequel was released in the spring of 1963, and while not as successful as the first volume, still sold hundreds of thousands of copies.