Elvis presley biography 1955 pink cadillac model
Elvis presley biography 1955 pink cadillac model
Revving Up Nostalgia: The Legend Of Elvis Pink Cadillac...
Elvis Presley's Pink Cadillac
Motor vehicle
Elvis Presley's iconic Pink Cadillac was a 1955 Cadillac FleetwoodSixty Special.
It set style for the era, was sung about in popular culture, and was copied by others around the world.
The car is now preserved in the Graceland museum, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Elvis presley biography 1955 pink cadillac model car
History
In early 1955, Elvis bought his first Cadillac, a 1954 Fleetwood Series 60, which was the color pink. The car provided transport for Elvis and the Blue Moon Boys, but after the failure of a brake lining, was destroyed in a roadside fire between Hope and Texarkana, Arkansas, on June 5, 1955.
On July 5, 1955, Elvis purchased a new Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 in blue with a black roof. Having mentioned a Pink Cadillac in the song "Baby, Let's Play House", the first song recorded by Elvis to appear on a national chart which made #5 on the Billboard Country Singles chart in July 1955;[2] Elvis had the car repainted by Art, a neighbour on Lamar Street.
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