Momma's Ride
by Jamart Photography
Title
Momma's Ride
Artist
Jamart Photography
Medium
Photograph - Art Photography
Description
FAA7079
Elvis Presley Automobile Museum
across from Graceland
Memphis TN
2011
https://www.graceland.com/epm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley%27s_Pink_Cadillac
Elvis Presley's iconic Pink Cadillac was a 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty 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.
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; Elvis had the car repainted by Art, a neighbor on Lamar Street. Art designed a customized pink color for Elvis which he named "Elvis Rose," but the car kept its black roof. Once the car was finished Elvis gave it to his mother Gladys as a gift. Mrs. Gladys Presley never had a driver's license, and Elvis drove the car with the members of his band for most of 1955–1956.
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