Having signed his contract with RCA in November 1955, in March 1956 Elvis had the upholstery replaced, the body retouched and roof painted white. On September 2, 1955, Scotty Moore drove the car into a vehicle which was passing a pick-up truck in Texarkana, Texas, causing $1000 of damage. Gladys Presley never had a driver’s license, and Elvis drove the car with the members of his band for most of 1955–1956. Once the car was finished Elvis gave it to his mother Gladys as a gift. Art designed a customised pink color for Elvis which he named “Elvis Rose,” but the car kept its 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 Elvis had the car repainted by Art, a neighbour on Lamar Street.
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On July 5, 1955, Elvis purchased a new Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 in blue with a black roof. 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. In early 1955, Elvis bought his first Cadillac, a 1954 Fleetwood Series 60, which was the color pink. The car is now preserved in the Graceland museum, in Memphis, Tennessee. Photo shows Jessica F Young at Graceland standing in front of the Pink Elvis Presley’s iconic “Pink Cadillac”.It was a 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood. The car is now preserved in the Graceland museum, in Memphis, Tennessee. It set style for the era, was sung about in popular culture, and was copied by others around the world.
Elvis Presley‘s iconic Pink Cadillac was a 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood.
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