EP 089 - Playlist #7 - Songs That Inspired ’An Innocent Man’

<p>Summer is upon us and this summer, we are entering the season of celebrating Billy Joel's An Innocent Man. In celebration of the album's 40th anniversary, I (Michael) wanted to kick things off with this playlist episode.</p> <p> </p> <p>I'm celebrating that songs that inspired An Innocent Man. Some are obvious and some are more subtle but these next songs are classics in American popular music and It was a blast stringing them all together in the same sequence of the album.  The playlist: </p> <p> </p> <p>1. Wilson Pickett - "Stagger Lee" ("Easy Money")</p> <p>2. The Drifters - "Under The Boardwalk" ("An Innocent Man")</p> <p>3. The Tymes - "So In Love" ("The Longest Time")</p> <p>4a. Beethoven - "Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 - Pathetique ("This Night")</p> <p>4b. Little Anthony and the Imperials "Tears On My Pillow" ("This Night")</p> <p>5. The Supremes - "You Can't Hurry Love" ("Tell Her About It")</p> <p>6. The Four Seasons - "Big Girls Don't Cry" ("Uptown Girl")</p> <p>7. Sam Cooke - "(What A) Wonderful World" ("Careless Talk")</p> <p>8. Little Richard - "Lucille" ("Christie Lee")</p> <p>9. Jackie DeShannon - "What The World Needs Now Is Love" ("Leave A Tender Moment Alone")</p> <p>10. Betty Wright - "Clean Up Woman" ("Keeping The Faith")</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>------</p> <p> </p> <p>Email us: <a href='mailto:glasshousespodcast@gmail.com'>glasshousespodcast@gmail.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Glass Houses - A Billy Joel Podcast on the web / social media:</p> <ul><li>Website: <a href='http://www.glasshousespod.com/'>http://www.glasshousespod.com</a></li> <li>Facebook: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/glasshousespodcast/'>https://www.facebook.com/glasshousespodcast/</a></li> <li>Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/glasshousespod/'>https://www.instagram.com/glasshousespod/ </a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/glasshousespod'>https://twitter.com/glasshousespod</a> </li> <li>Discord: <a href='https://discord.gg/6G6cMRFu7T'>https://discord.gg/6G6cMRFu7T</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p