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All Around the World (Little Willie John song)

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"All Around the World" is a 1955 hit song by Little Willie John written by Titus Turner. The song was the debut single and first hit for Little Willie John, and a hit in 1969 for Little Milton, renamed as "Grits Ain't Groceries".[1] Milton's version reached No. 5 on the US Billboard R&B chart,[1] and No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]James Booker also covered the song on his album Classified,[3]and Leigh Harris and Larry Sieberth covered it on the album Patchwork: A Tribute to James Booker.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Grady Gaines (2015). I've Been Out There: On the Road with Legends of Rock 'n' Roll. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1623492700. "All around the World," a revised version of the Titus Turner song that reached number five on the Billboard chart."
  2. ^ "Little Milton Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 20 January 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Classified". Amazon.com. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  4. ^ "Patchwork: A Tribute to James Booker". Amazon.com. Retrieved June 15, 2018.