 He also helped to found the Grammy Awards where he became the Grammy's first national chairman.Conkling's entire family is rather accomplished.One cousin was musical director for the Sonny and Cher show, another the voice of Leonardo on "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" for a decade, another was the female lead on the long-running TV program "My Three Sons" and yet another several created the signingtimes sign language videos.