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5 unusual facts about Titus Turner


All Around the World

"All Around The World", a song by Titus Turner that was a hit for Little Willie John and for Little Milton (as "Grits Ain't Groceries")

Leave My Kitten Alone

"Leave My Kitten Alone" is a 1959 R&B hit, written by Little Willie John, James McDougal and Titus Turner, first recorded by Little Willie John, and covered in 1960 by Johnny Preston.

Titus Turner

He repeated the trick with his next release, "We Told You Not To Marry," an antidote to Price's "I'm Gonna Get Married."

Titus Turner (May 1, 1933 – September 13, 1984) was an American R&B and East Coast blues singer and songwriter.

He had a spell with Mercury Records's imprint, Wing, but was not commercially successful until 1955, when Little Willie John recorded Turner's "All Around the World".



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