"It's Up to You" is a
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
song written by
Al Dexter
Clarence Albert Poindexter (May 4, 1905 – January 28, 1984), known as Al Dexter, was an American country musician and songwriter. He is best known for "Pistol Packin' Mama," a 1943 hit that was one of the most popular recordings of the Worl ...
and James B. Paris, sung by Dexter, and released in 1946 on the
Columbia label (catalog no. 37062). In September 1946, it reached No. 3 on the ''
Billboard
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'' most-played folk chart.
It was also ranked as the No. 30 record on the ''Billboard'' 1946 year-end folk record sellers chart.
See also
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Billboard Most-Played Folk Records of 1946
The ''Billboard'' Most-Played Folk Records of 1946 is a year-end chart compiled ''Billboard'' magazine ranking the year's top folk records based on the number of times the record was played on the nation's juke boxes. In 1946, country music records ...
References
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American country music songs
1946 songs