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'Good Booty': The history of sex in American music

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You may know the lyrics to the Little Richard song as, 'Trutti Frutti, Oh Rutti' but the original lyrics were 'Trutti Frutti, Good Booty.'

Jeannie Yandel speaks with NPR music critic Ann Powers about her most recent book, "Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music."