Let's Put Out the Lights (and Go to Sleep)
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| writer = Herman Hupfeld
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"Let's Put Out the Lights (and Go to Sleep)" is a popular song by Herman Hupfeld, published in 1932. It was introduced by Lili Damita in the Broadway revue George White's Music Hall Varieties (1932){{cite book|last1=Tyler|first1=Don|title=Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era|date=2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786429462|page=374|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hSCfBQAAQBAJ&q=%22Liliane+Marie-Madeleine+Carre%22&pg=PA374|accessdate=9 May 2017|language=en}} with the initial title "(Let's) Turn Out the Lights and Go to Bed", and hit versions that year were by Rudy Vallée, Paul Whiteman (vocal by Red McKenzie) and Ben Bernie.{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/539 539]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/539}}
Recorded versions
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- Ambrose and his orchestra
- Ben Bernie and his orchestra (recorded September 15, 1932, released as Brunswick catalog number 6385, with the flip side "You're Telling Me"){{cite web|url=http://www.78discography.com/BRN6000.htm |title=Brunswick records in the 6000 to 6499 series |publisher=78discography.com |date=2012-08-28 |accessdate=2014-01-15}}
- The song is featured on the soundtrack of the Betty Boop cartoon She Wronged Him Right (1934).
- Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby (recorded for their radio show{{cite web|last1=Pairpoint|first1=Lionel|title=And Here's Bing...|url=http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/final2.htm|website=BING magazine|accessdate=September 3, 2017}} in 1960. Subsequently issued on the CD Bing & Rosie - The Crosby-Clooney Radio Sessions.{{cite web|title=allmusic.com|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bing-rosie-the-crosby-clooney-radio-sessions-mw0002076504|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=September 3, 2017}})
- Ray Conniff and his orchestra (on his 1959 album It's the Talk of the Town)
- Bing Crosby (recorded October 28, 1932,{{cite web|title=A Bing Crosby Discography|url=http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/crosby1a.html|website=BING magazine|publisher=International Club Crosby|accessdate=September 3, 2017}} released as Brunswick catalog number 6414, with the flip side "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"; remade for Columbia Records and released as catalog number 39521, with the flip side "Sweet Georgia Brown"){{cite web|url=http://www.78discography.com/COL39500.htm |title=Columbia records in the 39500 to 39999 series |publisher=78discography.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-15}}
- Leo Hannon Broadway Bellhops, with vocal by Iver Bjorn (recorded October 1932, released as Crown catalog number 3387, with the flip side "Underneath the Harlem Moon"){{cite web|url=http://www.78discography.com/Crown.htm |title=Crown records in the 3001 to 3533 series |publisher=78discography.com |date=2013-07-25 |accessdate=2014-01-15}}
- Lena Horne on RCA Victor LP, LPM/LSP-1879 Give The Lady What She Wants (1958).{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/give-the-lady-what-she-wants-mw0000743859|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=January 3, 2025}}
- Dean Martin (recorded October 14, 1958, and released on his Capitol album Sleep Warm){{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sleep-warm-mw0000186071|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=January 11, 2025}}
- Freddy Martin and his orchestra [released as RCA Victor catalog numbers 20-3614 (78 rpm)
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{{cite web|url=http://www.78discography.com/RCA203500.htm |title=RCA Victor records in the 20-3500 to 20-3999 series |publisher=78discography.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-15}} and 47-3119 (45 rpm), both with the flip side "Home Town Band" and 20-4517, with the flip side "Deep in a Dream"{{cite web|url=http://www.78discography.com/RCA204500.htm |title=RCA Victor records in the 20-4500 to 20-4999 series |publisher=78discography.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-15}}
- Billy May and his orchestra
- Mitch Miller (1958)
- Charlie Palloy and his orchestra (Crown catalog number 3395, with the flip side "How Deep Is the Ocean?")
- Jane Russell (recorded July 1947, released as Columbia catalog number 37917, with the flip side "Do It Again"){{cite web|url=http://www.78discography.com/COL37500.htm |title=Columbia records in the 37500 to 37999 series |publisher=78discography.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-15}}
- Paul Small and his orchestra (recorded September 27 or October 5, 1932, released as Banner catalog number 32577),{{cite web|url=http://www.78discography.com/Ban32500.htm |title=Banner records in the 32500 to 32999 series |publisher=78discography.com |date=2011-12-07 |accessdate=2014-01-15}} as Conqueror catalog number 8018,{{cite web|url=http://www.78discography.com/Conq8000.htm |title=Conqueror records in the 8000 to 8499 series |publisher=78discography.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-15}} as Perfect catalog number 15682,{{cite web|url=http://www.78discography.com/PE15500.htm |title=Perfect records in the 15500 to 15999 series |publisher=78discography.com |date=2012-09-07 |accessdate=2014-01-15}} and as Romeo catalog number 1945,{{cite web|url=http://www.78discography.com/ROM1500.htm |title=Romeo records in the 1500 to 1999 series |publisher=78discography.com |date=2012-08-01 |accessdate=2014-01-15}} all with the flip side "This Is No Dream"
- Jack Smith (recorded October 1945, released as Majestic catalog number 7173, with the flip side "I'll Be Yours"){{cite web|url=http://www.78discography.com/Majestic.htm |title=Majestic records listing |publisher=78discography.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-15}}
- Lew Stone and the Monseigneur Band, vocal Al Bowlly and Mary Charles, Decca Catalogue Number F-3270, recorded November 16, 1932They Called Him Al, Ray Pallett, 2010
- Rudy Vallée's Connecticut Yankees (recorded September 9, 1932, released as Columbia catalog number 2715-D, with the flip side "Me Minus You"){{cite web|url=http://www.78discography.com/COL2500D.htm |title=Columbia Records records in the 2500-D to 2999-D series |publisher=78discography.com |date=2013-07-26 |accessdate=2014-01-15}} This version was used in the 1981 film Pennies from Heaven.
- Sarah Vaughan (recorded October 20, 1954, released on her Mercury album Sarah Vaughan at the Blue Note)
- Paul Whiteman and his orchestra (with vocal by Ramona Davies, recorded September 26, 1932, released as Victor catalog number 24140, with the flip side "You're Telling Me")[http://www.78discography.com/vic24000.htm Victor Records records in the 24000 to 24499 series]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- French adaptation "Éteignons tout et couchons nous", written by Louis Hennevé, recorded by Ray Ventura and Jean Sablon.
- Mistinguett used the music for a sketch comedy under the name Sur le boulevard des Italiens in 1933