I'm Leaving It Up to You


"I'm Leaving It Up to You" is a song written by and originally performed by Don Harris and Dewey Terry in 1957. It was later popularized in 1963 by the American duo Dale and Grace, who took the song to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 1974, Donny and Marie Osmond reached the top five on the US Hot 100 chart and peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary chart with their cover version.

Dale and Grace version

"I'm Leaving It Up to You" first became popular when recorded by the duo Dale and Grace in 1963. Their version became a No. 1 hit in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in late 1963, replacing "Deep Purple" by Nino Tempo & April Stevens but ending up one position lower than it on the 1963 end-of-the-year chart. This situation was the first time that a duet immediately succeeded another duet at the top spot.
The single also spent two weeks atop the easy listening chart. It was the number one 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. The duo was scheduled to perform that night as part of Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars and had waved to the president's motorcade from a vantage point near their hotel, moments before the assassination. Needless to say, Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars was cancelled that night and the next night in Oklahoma.

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US Cash Box27

Donny and Marie Osmond version

In 1974, "I'm Leaving It Up to You" again became a chart-topping hit in the US when brother and sister duo Donny and Marie Osmond covered it in September, it reached number 4 on the Hot 100 and number 1 on the easy listening chart. It also reached number 2 in the UK. Their version became a gold record, as did the album from which the title track was taken.

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