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"Put a Light in the Window" is a popular song written by Kenny Jacobson, and Rhoda Roberts.[1]

The Four Lads recorded the song on October 27, 1957, and a single was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 41058. It first reached the Billboard charts on December 9, 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #8; on the Best Seller chart, at #39; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #35.[2] In Canada, the song reached #4 on the CHUM Charts.[3]

The King Brothers covered the song which was released as a single in the UK in 1958 and reached #25 in the national chart.[4]

References

  1. ^ "The Four Lads – Put a Light in the Window (1957, Vinyl)". Discogs.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 237.
  3. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - January 6, 1958".
  4. ^ "King Brothers: Artist Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved 15 May 2020.


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