I'm Leaving It Up to You
| "I'm Leaving It Up to You" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Dale & Grace | |
| from the album I'm Leaving It Up to You | |
| B-side | Stop and Think It Over |
| Released | 1963 |
| Format | 45 rpm |
| Recorded | Pop |
| Length | 2:13 |
| Label | Montel |
| Writer(s) | Don F. Harris, Dewey Terry |
| Producer(s) | Sam Montel |
"I'm Leaving It Up to You" is a song first written and originally performed Don Harris and Dewey Terry in 1957.[1] It was popularized by Dale and Grace, with Jay Chevalier, and became a No. 1 hit for them in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in late 1963. It was the first time a duet succeeded another duet at the top spot.[2]
The song spent two weeks atop the easy listening chart. It was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Dale and Grace were in Dallas on the day of the assassination and scheduled to perform that night as part of Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars (with Bobby Rydell, Jimmy Clanton, and Brian Hyland), and moments before the assassination had waved to the president's motorcade from a vantage point near their hotel.[2]
The song was covered in 1970 by Linda Ronstadt on her Nashville-recorded Silk Purse album. In 1974, it became a chart-topping hit in the U.S. again when brother and sister duo Donny and Marie Osmond covered it: in September, it reached #4 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the easy listening chart.[3]
See also
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1963 (U.S.)
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1963 (U.S.)
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1974 (U.S.)
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| Preceded by | Billboard Hot 100 number one single November 23, 1963 (two weeks) |
Succeeded by "Dominique" by The Singing Nun |
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