'Good Booty': Backing Up How Music And Sex Helped Shape American Culture
In her new book Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music, Ann Powers explores how popular music became America's primary erotic art form.
NPR's music critic Ann powers takes us on a historical journey in her new book, illustrating America's fascination with sex and rhythms and how these two passions often combine to create unforgettable moments.
The book is called Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music, and Powers tells NPR's Dwane Brown that this title was inspired by Little Richard's Tutti Frutti, which he recorded with Dorothy LaBostrie.
She explains the meaning behind this provocative title and breaks down each of the book's subtitles.
Interview Highlights
On how Little Richard inspired played the book title
Little Richard is arguably or perhaps inarguably the founding father of rock 'n' roll. I mean, I talk about Elvis I talk
