Let's Put Out the Lights (and Go to Sleep)

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"Let's Put Out the Lights (and Go to Sleep)"
Song by Rudy Vallee
Published1932
Songwriter(s) Herman Hupfeld

"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) [1] 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. [2]

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