“Paging Dr. Bob.. now paging Dr. Bob..”
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“Doctor Robert” is a song by The Beatles released on the album Revolver in the United Kingdom and on Yesterday and Today in the United States. The song was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney[1]. It was recorded in seven takes on 17 April 1966 with vocals overdubbed 19 April.[2] In 1968, McCartney described the meaning of the song, saying “There’s some fellow in New York, and in the States we’d hear people say: ‘You can get everything off him; any pills you want.’ That’s what Dr. Robert is all about, just a pill doctor who sees you all right.”[3] In 1980, Lennon said that he was Doctor Robert: “I was the one who carried all the pills on tour … in the early days”.[4]
