4 4 ▁mus icians ' ▁strike . ▁Unable ▁to ▁record ▁new ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁song , ▁R CA ▁Victor ▁re iss ued ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁recording ▁by ▁Rud y ▁Vall ée ▁which ▁became ▁a ▁number ▁one ▁hit , ▁eleven ▁years ▁after ▁it ▁was ▁originally ▁released . ▁Brun sw ick ▁also ▁re iss ued ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁Jacques ▁Ren ard ▁recording . ▁▁ ▁H up feld ▁lived ▁his ▁whole ▁life ▁in ▁Mont cla ir , ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁regular ▁customer ▁at ▁the ▁Robin ▁H ood ▁Inn , ▁a ▁ta vern ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁on ▁Valley ▁Road , ▁then ▁part ▁of ▁Upper ▁Mont cla ir . ▁He ▁spent ▁many ▁hours ▁at ▁the ▁piano ▁and ▁wrote ▁several ▁of ▁his ▁songs ▁in ▁this ▁ta vern , ▁now ▁the ▁Valley ▁Reg ency . ▁A ▁pla que ▁on ▁the ▁second ▁floor ▁of ▁the ▁Valley ▁Reg ency ▁C ater ing ▁Fac ility ▁in ▁Cl if ton , ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁comm emor ates ▁the ▁song . ▁He ▁wrote ▁over ▁one ▁hundred ▁songs , ▁including ▁" Let ' s ▁Put ▁Out ▁the ▁L ights ▁and ▁Go ▁to ▁S leep ," ▁and ▁the ▁popular ▁Great ▁De pression ▁song ▁" Are ▁You ▁M aking ▁Any ▁M oney ?" ▁ ▁Com position ▁and ▁ ▁lyr ics ▁The ▁original ▁song ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁as ▁s ung ▁and ▁played ▁by ▁" Sam " ▁was ▁recorded ▁in ▁D - flat ▁major , ▁but ▁it ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁played ▁in ▁several ▁keys , ▁commonly ▁C