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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) 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.
For music from an individual year in the 1940s, go to 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49
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- ↑ "DECCA (USA) numerical listing discography: 27500 - 27999". 78discography.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "RCA Victor 20-prefix series: 4500 - 5000, 78rpm numerical listing discography". 78discography.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "RCA Victor 20-4000 - 4500 78rpm numerical listing discography". 78discography.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "MGM 78rpm numerical listing discography: 11000 - 11499". 78discography.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "Capitol 1500 - 2000, 78rpm numerical listing discography". 78discography.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "The Mills Brothers : The Mills Bros Greatest Hits". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
- ↑ "Kitty Kallen : Honky Tonk Angel, Country Songs with a City Flavor". Discogs.com. 1961. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
- ↑ "The Jazz Discography". Lordisco.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
