Let’s Put Out the Lights (And Go to Sleep)
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"Let’s Put Out the Lights (And Go to Sleep)" is a popular 1930s American song, best known as a romantic standard from the Tin Pan Alley era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Let’s Put Out the Lights (And Go to Sleep) canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tin Pan Alley song
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popular song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedLocation | New York City Tin Pan Alley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American songbook tradition
NERFINISHED
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Tin Pan Alley composers ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | American romantic ballad tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalContext | pre–World War II American culture ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | example of 1930s American romantic song ⓘ |
| describedAs | romantic standard ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
phonograph records
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sheet music ⓘ |
| era | Great Depression era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
traditional pop
ⓘ
vocal jazz standard ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic popular song form ⓘ |
| hasReputation | romantic Tin Pan Alley standard ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
crooner style
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sentimental ballad ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
intimacy
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love ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| historicalCategory | pre-rock era popular song ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | mainstream popular music audience ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
dance music era repertoire
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popular entertainment ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
American popular song repertoire
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romantic standards repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalContent | invitation to end the day together ⓘ |
| lyricalMood |
intimate
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tender ⓘ |
| medium |
voice and orchestra
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voice and piano ⓘ |
| movement | Tin Pan Alley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalEra | swing era precursor ⓘ |
| notablePeriod | 1930s American music ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
often arranged for dance bands
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often performed by crooners ⓘ |
| popularity | popular in the 1930s ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| timePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| typicalPerformance |
vocal performance with dance band
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vocal performance with piano accompaniment ⓘ |
| usedInContext | American popular music ⓘ |
| workType | vocal music ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.