Dale & Grace
| Dale & Grace | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Country music |
| founding | 1963 |
| resolution | unknown |
| Last occupation | |
singing |
Dale Houston (born April 23, 1940 - September 29, 2007) |
singing |
Grace Broussard (* 1939) |
Dale & Grace were an American singing duo.
history
The duo was formed in Baton Rouge in 1963 . They had their greatest success in the US charts in 1963 with the song I'm Leaving It Up to You , reaching number 1 and number 42 in the UK charts. The title, written by Don Harris and Dewey Terry Jr., was by published by the authors as Don & Dewey in 1956. Sam Montel produced the new recording of the song and released it on his label Montel Records nationwide and previously regionally on his sub-label Michele Records .
With Stop and Think It Over they reached number 8 in the US charts in 1964. During a tour in 1964, Dale and Grace ended their collaboration. Although Montel still recorded individual tracks in which the voice of Dale was mixed in with a recording of Grace, there were no further successes. Neither of them had any success with their solo recordings for Montel Records.
Dale Houston died on September 29, 2007; Grace Broussard performed with various music groups until 2007.
Discography
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 UK
|
 US
|
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| 1963 | I'm leaving it up to you |
UK42 (2 weeks) UK |
US1 (15 weeks) US |
Montel-michele 921
|
| 1964 | Stop and think it over | - |
US8 (9 weeks) US |
Montel-michele 922
|
| The loneliest night | - |
US65 (5 weeks) US |
Montel michele 928
|
|
More singles
- Darling It's Wonderful
literature
- Julia Edenhofer: The Great Oldie Lexicon . Bastei-Lübbe 1991, ISBN 3-404-60288-9 .
- Fred Bronson: The Billboard book of number 1 hits . Billboard Books, 2003, p. 140.
Web links
- Dale & Grace at classicbands.com (English)
- Dale & Grace at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Julia Edenhofer: Das Große Oldie Lexikon indicates the year 1944, Discogs 1940.
- ↑ Julia Edenhofer: Das Große Oldie Lexikon indicates the year 1944, Discogs 1939.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, 1994, p. 147
- ^ Julia Edenhofer: The Great Oldie Lexicon . Bastei-Lübbe 1991, p. 147.
- ^ Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book Of Number One Hits. 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York: Billboard Books, 2003, p. 140; 1st edition 1992
- ↑ Grace Broussard. In: allmusic.com. Accessed December 9, 2012
- ↑ Chart sources: UK US