Dr. Kildare

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song name Dr. Kildare
artist Mono Puff
releases Unsupervised, TMBG Clock Radio
year 1996
first played June 26, 1996 (11 known performances)
run time 2:04
sung by John Flansburgh


Trivia/Info

The melody came from a ska tape I bought without any publishing credit. I recorded a MIDI version of it for the Mono Puff Hello CD Of The Month Club and added the lyrics. The middle break here is all electronic music and an electric guitar plugged directly into the tape recorder. That part was smashed together at around four in the morning at Hello Studio.
  • Dr. Kildare is a fictional medical doctor, whose franchise ran on and off from the late 1930s to the 60s, spawning a number of films, a radio program and a television series.
  • The TV series Dr. Kildare ran on NBC from 1961 to 1966. Its theme song was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, and was covered by The Skatalites in 1965, which is the uptempo version Flansburgh referenced while recording Mono Puff's cover.

Song Themes

Medical, Occupations, People (Imaginary), Titles And Honorifics, TMBG Remakes, TV And Movie Themes

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