(Saturday, November 23, 1963) — “I’m Leaving It Up to You” by Dale and Grace peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks (Nov. 23/30, 1963).

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.

Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars was cancelled that night, as was the next night in Oklahoma.