Dale & Grace Dale & Grace (Dale Houston and Grace Broussard) were an American country-pop vocal duo from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, best known for their 1963 No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit “I’m Leaving It Up to You.” Houston (born 1940) had regional success in the late 1950s; he met Broussard (born 1941) in 1962 and they recorded as a duo for Montel Records. The soft, harmony-rich ballad—originally by The Texas Playboys (Don & Dewey)—featured gentle guitar and their tender interplay, topping charts for two weeks and selling over a million copies amid the early British Invasion. Follow-ups like “Stop and Think It Over” (Top 10) and “The Wedding” charted modestly. The duo disbanded in the mid-1960s after personal and professional differences. Houston pursued solo work and later became a minister; Broussard faded from music. Houston died of heart failure on September 27, 2007, at age 67. Broussard passed away on August 5, 2021, at age 80. As of 2026, no active presence remains, but “I’m Leaving It Up to You” endures as a sweet, innocent early-1960s crossover classic on oldies and country nostalgia playlists, symbolizing the pre-Beatles era’s romantic duets.