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caption: You may know the lyrics to the Little Richard song as, 'Trutti Frutti, Oh Rutti' but the original lyrics were 'Trutti Frutti, Good Booty.'
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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.'
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'Good Booty': The history of sex in American music

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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."