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I'm Leaving It Up to You
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Wikipedia article
"'I'm Leaving It Up to You'" is a song written by and originally performed by Don Harris and Dewey Terry in 1957.Don & Dewey: Jungle Hop, Legends of Speciality Records, Speciality Records (1991), liner notes It was later popularized in 1963 by the American duo Dale and Grace, who took it to #1 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 #1 on the 'Billboard' Hot Adult Contemporary chart with their cover.
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 #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 that record 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 #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 murder. The duo was scheduled to perform that night as part of Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars (with Bobby Rydell, Jimmy Clanton, and Brian Hyland) 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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Donny and Marie Osmond version
In 1974, "I'm Leaving It Up to You" (released and noted as "'I'm Leaving It (All) 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 #4 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the easy listening chart. It also reached #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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*A Spanish version , written by Leslie Royal and Hctor Romero of Mexican group 'Los Jets de Nogales', was recorded by them in 1963 as "'Decdelo t'", and by Mexican group Yndio in 1972, under the name "'Sin tu amor'", with the song's new name used as title for Yndio's album.
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.)
References
Category:1957 songs
Category:1963 singles
Category:1974 singles
Category:Donny Osmond songs
Category:Marie Osmond songs
Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
Category:Cashbox number-one singles
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