All Around the World (Little Willie John song)
"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] Edwin Starr recorded the track for his 1970 LP War & Peace on Motown Records. Lou Rawls also covered the song on for Blue Note Records, on his album It's Supposed to Be Fun, released January 1, 1990, which became a hit.[5]
Lyrics
[edit]The song is a profession of the singer's love for someone addressed as "my baby," describing what else wouldn't be true if he doesn't love his woman. Each verse ends with this refrain:
Well, if I don't love you, baby
Grits ain't groceries
Eggs ain't poultry
And Mona Lisa was a man.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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."
- ^ "Little Milton Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ "Classified". Amazon.com. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
- ^ "Patchwork: A Tribute to James Booker". Amazon.com. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
- ^ "It's Supposed to Be Fun". Retrieved December 6, 2021.