I'm Leaving It Up to You
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"I'm Leaving It All Up to You" is a song first put out by the Don & Dewey duo in 1957 and
written by Dewey Terry and Donald Harris, the members of that duo. It was popularized by Dale and Grace, becoming a number-one hit for the duo in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100
for two weeks in late 1963. It was the first time a hit duet was succeeded by another duet on the number-one spot.
The song spent two weeks atop the easy listening chart that same year. This was the number one song on the date President John F. Kennedy
was assassinated
in Dallas, Texas
. Dale and Grace were in Dallas, Texas
, 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 had actually waved to the president's motorcade from a vantage point near their hotel moments before the assassination.
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 the song. That September, it reached number four on the Hot 100 and number one on the easy listening chart.
written by Dewey Terry and Donald Harris, the members of that duo. It was popularized by Dale and Grace, becoming a number-one hit for the duo in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
for two weeks in late 1963. It was the first time a hit duet was succeeded by another duet on the number-one spot.
The song spent two weeks atop the easy listening chart that same year. This was the number one song on the date President John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
was assassinated
John F. Kennedy assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas...
in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
. Dale and Grace were in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, on the day of the assassination and scheduled to perform that night as part of Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars (with Bobby Rydell
Bobby Rydell
Bobby Rydell is an American professional singer, mainly of rock and roll music. In the early 1960s he was considered a so-called "teen idol"...
, Jimmy Clanton
Jimmy Clanton
Jimmy Clanton is an American singer who became known as the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol". His band recorded a hit song "Just A Dream" which Clanton had written in 1958 for the Ace Records label. It reached number four on the Billboard chart and sold a million copies...
, and Brian Hyland
Brian Hyland
Brian Hyland is an American pop recording artist who was particularly successful during the early 1960s. He continued recording into the 1970s...
), and had actually waved to the president's motorcade from a vantage point near their hotel moments before the assassination.
The song was covered in 1970 by Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...
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
Donny Osmond
Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond is an American singer, musician, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid 1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as the Osmond Brothers on the long...
and Marie Osmond
Marie Osmond
Olive Marie Osmond is an American singer, actress, doll designer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s...
covered the song. That September, it reached number four on the Hot 100 and number one on the easy listening chart.
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.)