Pink Cadillac (song)
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"Pink Cadillac" is a humorous song by Bruce Springsteen
which though a minor item in his canon of recorded music was a prominent concert number during Springsteen's 1984-85 Born in the U.S.A. Tour
. Like Prince
's "Little Red Corvette
", "Pink Cadillac" follows the tradition of the Wilson Pickett
R&B
classic "Mustang Sally
" in using automobile travel as a metaphor
for sexual activity, particularly as sung by Springsteen as the lyric: "I love you for your pink Cadillac" was originally a veiled pudendal
reference. Springsteen, in fact, vetoed the first attempt by a female singer to release a version of "Pink Cadillac", that being Bette Midler
in 1983. However "Pink Cadillac" had its highest profile incarnation via an R&B interpretation by Natalie Cole
which became Top Ten single in 1988.
's 1954 rendition of "Baby Let's Play House
" in which Presley replaced the original lyric: "You may get religion" with: "You may have a pink Cadillac", a reference to the custom painted Cadillac
which was then Presley's touring vehicle. (John Prine
had given the title Pink Cadillac
to a 1979 album which had included Prine's version of "Baby Let's Play House".)
album, "Pink Cadillac" was not formally recorded by Springsteen until the sessions for his Born in the U.S.A.
album, in the spring of 1983. At the end of one session, when most of the crew had left the studio, Springsteen impulsively cut a basic track of him singing "Pink Cadillac" to his acoustic guitar
accompaniment; this track was completed with the E Street Band
the following morning. Although not included on the completed Born in the U.S.A album, being bumped from the tracklist that April in favor of "I'm Going Down", "Pink Cadillac" was released on 9 May 1984 as the B-side of the album's lead single, "Dancing in the Dark
".
The track would appear as one of two songs (along with "Cover Me") on a CD3
released in 1988, but was not featured on any Springsteen album until Tracks in 1998 also appearing on 18 Tracks
in 1999, both these titles being anthologies of Springsteen's outtakes-and-B-sides.
Springsteen's version of "Pink Cadillac" is often compared to the Peter Gunn
theme by Henry Mancini
which it resembles in its main riff and saxophone break.
In 2006, Bruce Springsteen was featured on a recording of "Pink Cadillac" by Jerry Lee Lewis
on his album Last Man Standing.
, "Pink Cadillac" was used as a second-set comic relief
number, elongated to include a low-budget skit involving Springsteen as a Jimmy Swaggert-style televangelist, alternating with a sleazy used-car dealer, describing the history of "the conflict between worldly things and spiritual health", using a wheeled-out blackboard to locate the Garden of Eden
, first in Mesopotamia
, but later discovered to actually be "ten miles south of Jersey City, off the New Jersey Turnpike
." The story of Adam and Eve
was altered to include their heretofore unknown exit strategy
: "But right here on this back lot — for $9995 and no money down — I've got their getaway car
. And if you've got the nerve to ride! son, I've got the keys ... to the first ... pink Cadillac!" Since that tour, however, "Pink Cadillac" essentially disappeared from the Springsteen repertoire, being performed less than ten times. Springsteen most recently performed the song at a concert in Washington, D.C. on November 2, 2009. The song was requested by fans and chosen by Springsteen as part of a Springsteen tradition where Springsteen collects signs suggesting songs to be played from fans in the front rows and then chooses a few of those songs (not otherwise on the setlist) to be played.
added "Pink Cadillac" to the set list for her 1982-83 De Tour tour and recorded the song for inclusion on her 1983 No Frills album; however Springsteen blocked the release of Midler's version on the grounds that "Pink Cadillac" wasn't a "girl's song". According to the Midler biography Still Divine by Mark Bego, Midler was severely disappointed by Springsteen's veto which occasioned her having to record a new track ("Beast of Burden
") for No Frills occasioning considerable expense. Midler's August 1984 video release Art or Burst video - comprising footage from the two De Tour concerts at the University of Minnesota - features "Pink Cadillac" as the opening number.
Aretha Franklin
is sometimes mis-credited as a singer of "Pink Cadillac" as the image occurs in her 1985 comeback hit "Freeway of Love
" with the same metaphoric sense as in the Springsteen original, the lyric being: "We're going riding on the freeway of love in my pink Cadillac". "Freeway of Love" prominently features Clarence Clemons
of Springsteen's E-Street Band on saxophone
.
"Pink Cadillac" has long been a staple of Melissa Etheridge
's live repertoire; at a 2 October 1996 Milwaukee concert by Etheridge, Bruce Springsteen joined her onstage to close the show with a duet of "Pink Cadillac". Etheridge has never recorded "Pink Cadillac" although her live performance is widely available as a bootleg recording
.
recorded "Pink Cadillac" at the suggestion of producer Dennis Lambert; Cole recalls: "I thought to myself, 'I'm too old to be doing this kind of stuff'" "but then I'd never worked with anyone quite like Dennis before. He was very passionate about his work [and] his enthusiasm gave me the confidence that I could pull [the song] off." The track was intended for an album release on the Modern label; that project was canceled and Cole's "Pink Cadillac" and another Lambert production: "I Live For Your Love", were picked up by EMI-Manhattan Records
to appear on Cole's 1987 album Everlasting. "Pink Cadillac" was released as that album's third single in March 1988, returning Cole to the Top Ten for the first time since 1978 in April 1988 to ascend to a #5 peak - matching Cole's previous Pop chart best with "I've Got Love on My Mind
" - that May. Cole's "Pink Cadillac" also reached #9 R&B, #16 A/C
and - via a remix by David Cole
and Robert Clivilles
- #1 on Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
chart. According to Cole, "word got back" to her that Bruce Springsteen "thought it was very cool that a woman could [sing "Pink Cadillac"] and it would come out so great".
recorded a cover of Natalie Cole's version for their 1988 album The Chipmunks and The Chipettes: Born to Rock
.
Carl Perkins
recorded a version of "Pink Cadillac" on his album Friends, Family & Legends of 1992.
Originally released on the album Killbilly Hill and again on their greatest hits album, 1980s country/rock band, Southern Pacific
has a live recording of "Pink Cadillac".
Brian Conley
recorded "Pink Cadillac" for his 1993 Brian Conley Sings album.
The 2003 album Light of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen features a rendition of "Pink Cadillac" by Graham Parker
.
It appeared on the 2004 album Live in Asbury Park, Vol. 2
by Clarence Clemons
and Temple of Soul.
recorded a self-penned song entitled "Pink Cadillac" in 1952.
In 1955 veteran rockabilly
singer/songwriter Sammy Masters
wrote a song entitled "Pink Cadillac"; Masters' inspiration was a vehicle at the LA used car lot where he had a day job. Masters recorded a single of his "Pink Cadillac" in 1956 - Jimmy Bryant
played lead guitar on the session - which in 1958 was re-released under the pseudonym Johnny Todd. At the time Masters' "Pink Cadillac" had its highest profile as the B-side of the Rusty Draper
hit "In the Middle of the House
". However Masters' own recording of "Pink Cadillac" is now recognized as a rockabilly classic.
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
which though a minor item in his canon of recorded music was a prominent concert number during Springsteen's 1984-85 Born in the U.S.A. Tour
Born in the U.S.A. Tour
The Born in the U.S.A. Tour was the supporting concert tour of Bruce Springsteen's massively popular Born in the U.S.A. album. It was his longest and most successful tour to date. It featured a physically transformed Springsteen. After two years of bodybuilding, Springsteen had bulked up...
. Like Prince
Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
's "Little Red Corvette
Little Red Corvette
"Little Red Corvette" is a song by the American musician Prince. Released as a single from the album 1999 in 1983, the song was his biggest hit at the time, and his first to reach top-10 status in the U.S., peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart...
", "Pink Cadillac" follows the tradition of the Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett was an American R&B/Soul singer and songwriter.A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, and frequently crossed over to the US Billboard Hot 100...
R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
classic "Mustang Sally
Mustang Sally
Mustang Sally can refer to*Mustang Sally , written by Mack Rice and recorded by Wilson Pickett*Mustang Sally , a 2006 horror movie*Salvatore "Mustang Sally" Intile, a minor character on The Sopranos...
" in using automobile travel as a metaphor
Metaphor
A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels." Metaphor may also be used for any rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via...
for sexual activity, particularly as sung by Springsteen as the lyric: "I love you for your pink Cadillac" was originally a veiled pudendal
Vulva
The vulva consists of the external genital organs of the female mammal. This article deals with the vulva of the human being, although the structures are similar for other mammals....
reference. Springsteen, in fact, vetoed the first attempt by a female singer to release a version of "Pink Cadillac", that being Bette Midler
Bette Midler
Bette Midler is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She became famous as a cabaret and concert headliner, and went on to star in successful and acclaimed films such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys...
in 1983. However "Pink Cadillac" had its highest profile incarnation via an R&B interpretation by Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...
which became Top Ten single in 1988.
Genesis
Springsteen originally wrote "Pink Cadillac" as "Love Is a Dangerous Thing" in December 1981; this version was lyrically distinct from the eventual "Pink Cadillac" except for the line "Eve tempted Adam with an apple" which Springsteen decided to make the basis for a more lighthearted lyric. The first lyrics Springsteen wrote for "Pink Cadillac" were: "They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple but man I ain't going for that/ I know it was her pink Cadillac". The auto imagery was inspired by Elvis PresleyElvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
's 1954 rendition of "Baby Let's Play House
Baby Let's Play House
"Baby, Let's Play House", is a song written by Arthur Gunter and recorded by him in 1954 on the Excello Records label, and covered by Elvis Presley the following year on Sun Records...
" in which Presley replaced the original lyric: "You may get religion" with: "You may have a pink Cadillac", a reference to the custom painted Cadillac
Elvis' Pink Cadillac
Elvis' Pink Cadillac is probably one of the most iconic, style setting, sung about in popular culture and then copied real cars in North America, and the wider world where Elvis Presley's music was popular....
which was then Presley's touring vehicle. (John Prine
John Prine
John Prine is an American country/folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a recording artist and live performer since the early 1970s.-Biography:...
had given the title Pink Cadillac
Pink Cadillac (album)
Pink Cadillac is the sixth album by American folk singer and songwriter John Prine, released in 1979. It was produced by Knox Phillips and Jerry Phillips; they are the sons of Sam Phillips, who produced two of the album's tracks ....
to a 1979 album which had included Prine's version of "Baby Let's Play House".)
Recording
First recorded by Springsteen in an acoustic version in early January 1982 in the session whose tracks would comprise the NebraskaNebraska (album)
-Themes:The album begins with "Nebraska", a first-person narrative based on the true story of 19-year-old spree killer Charles Starkweather and his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, and ends with "Reason to Believe", a complex narrative that renders its title phrase into contemptuous sarcasm...
album, "Pink Cadillac" was not formally recorded by Springsteen until the sessions for his Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A. is the seventh studio album by American rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on June 4, 1984. A critical and commercial triumph, it found Springsteen marking a departure in his sound...
album, in the spring of 1983. At the end of one session, when most of the crew had left the studio, Springsteen impulsively cut a basic track of him singing "Pink Cadillac" to his acoustic guitar
Steel-string acoustic guitar
A steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound...
accompaniment; this track was completed with the E Street Band
E Street Band
The E Street Band has been rock musician Bruce Springsteen's primary backing band since 1972.The band has also recorded with a wide range of other artists including Bob Dylan, Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Air Supply, Dire Straits, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Nicks, Tom Morello, Sting, Ian...
the following morning. Although not included on the completed Born in the U.S.A album, being bumped from the tracklist that April in favor of "I'm Going Down", "Pink Cadillac" was released on 9 May 1984 as the B-side of the album's lead single, "Dancing in the Dark
Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen song)
"Dancing in the Dark" is a 1984 song, written and performed by American rock singer Bruce Springsteen. Adding up-tempo synthesizer riffs and some syncopation to his sound for the first time, it became his biggest hit and, as the first single released from Born in the U.S.A., started it off to...
".
The track would appear as one of two songs (along with "Cover Me") on a CD3
CD3
CD3 or CD-3 may be:* CD3 , an antigen, cluster of differentiation protein , part of the T cell receptor complex on a mature T lymphocyte* Ford CD3 platform* MediaMax CD-3, copy protection scheme* MiniCD, a 3-inch CD...
released in 1988, but was not featured on any Springsteen album until Tracks in 1998 also appearing on 18 Tracks
18 Tracks
18 Tracks is an album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1999. All but three selections had been on the boxed set Tracks, released a half year before...
in 1999, both these titles being anthologies of Springsteen's outtakes-and-B-sides.
Springsteen's version of "Pink Cadillac" is often compared to the Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series which aired on the NBC and later ABC television networks from 1958 to 1961. The show's creator was Blake Edwards...
theme by Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor and arranger, best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards , plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995...
which it resembles in its main riff and saxophone break.
In 2006, Bruce Springsteen was featured on a recording of "Pink Cadillac" by Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...
on his album Last Man Standing.
In concert
During the 1984-1985 Born in the U.S.A. TourBorn in the U.S.A. Tour
The Born in the U.S.A. Tour was the supporting concert tour of Bruce Springsteen's massively popular Born in the U.S.A. album. It was his longest and most successful tour to date. It featured a physically transformed Springsteen. After two years of bodybuilding, Springsteen had bulked up...
, "Pink Cadillac" was used as a second-set comic relief
Comic relief
Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character, scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.-Definition:...
number, elongated to include a low-budget skit involving Springsteen as a Jimmy Swaggert-style televangelist, alternating with a sleazy used-car dealer, describing the history of "the conflict between worldly things and spiritual health", using a wheeled-out blackboard to locate the Garden of Eden
Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden is in the Bible's Book of Genesis as being the place where the first man, Adam, and his wife, Eve, lived after they were created by God. Literally, the Bible speaks about a garden in Eden...
, first in Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a toponym for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq, northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran.Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization, Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the...
, but later discovered to actually be "ten miles south of Jersey City, off the New Jersey Turnpike
New Jersey Turnpike
The New Jersey Turnpike is a toll road in New Jersey, maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. According to the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, the Turnpike is the nation's sixth-busiest toll road and is among one of the most heavily traveled highways in the United...
." The story of Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve were, according to the Genesis creation narratives, the first human couple to inhabit Earth, created by YHWH, the God of the ancient Hebrews...
was altered to include their heretofore unknown exit strategy
Exit strategy
An exit strategy is a means of leaving one's current situation, either after a predetermined objective has been achieved, or as a strategy to mitigate failure. An organisation or individual without an exit strategy may be in a quagmire...
: "But right here on this back lot — for $9995 and no money down — I've got their getaway car
Getaway car
A crime scene getaway is the act of fleeing the location where one has broken the law in order to avoid apprehension by law enforcement. It is an act that the offender may or may not have planned in detail, resulting in a variety of outcomes....
. And if you've got the nerve to ride! son, I've got the keys ... to the first ... pink Cadillac!" Since that tour, however, "Pink Cadillac" essentially disappeared from the Springsteen repertoire, being performed less than ten times. Springsteen most recently performed the song at a concert in Washington, D.C. on November 2, 2009. The song was requested by fans and chosen by Springsteen as part of a Springsteen tradition where Springsteen collects signs suggesting songs to be played from fans in the front rows and then chooses a few of those songs (not otherwise on the setlist) to be played.
Female versions
Bette MidlerBette Midler
Bette Midler is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She became famous as a cabaret and concert headliner, and went on to star in successful and acclaimed films such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys...
added "Pink Cadillac" to the set list for her 1982-83 De Tour tour and recorded the song for inclusion on her 1983 No Frills album; however Springsteen blocked the release of Midler's version on the grounds that "Pink Cadillac" wasn't a "girl's song". According to the Midler biography Still Divine by Mark Bego, Midler was severely disappointed by Springsteen's veto which occasioned her having to record a new track ("Beast of Burden
Beast of Burden (song)
"Beast of Burden" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones, featured on the 1978 album Some Girls. In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song #435 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and #433 on the 500 Greatest Rock and Roll Songs of all time.-Inspiration and...
") for No Frills occasioning considerable expense. Midler's August 1984 video release Art or Burst video - comprising footage from the two De Tour concerts at the University of Minnesota - features "Pink Cadillac" as the opening number.
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
is sometimes mis-credited as a singer of "Pink Cadillac" as the image occurs in her 1985 comeback hit "Freeway of Love
Freeway of Love
"Freeway of Love" is a Grammy Award-winning song released as the first single from Aretha Franklin's 1985 album Who's Zoomin' Who?. It was very successful in the United States, peaking at the #3 position of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and topping the Hot R&B Singles chart for five weeks . It went...
" with the same metaphoric sense as in the Springsteen original, the lyric being: "We're going riding on the freeway of love in my pink Cadillac". "Freeway of Love" prominently features Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons
Clarence Anicholas Clemons, Jr. , also known as The Big Man, was an American musician and actor. From 1972 until his death, he was a prominent member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, playing the tenor saxophone. He released several solo albums and in 1985, had a hit single with "You're a...
of Springsteen's E-Street Band on saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
.
"Pink Cadillac" has long been a staple of Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Lou Etheridge is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician.Etheridge is known for her mixture of confessional lyrics, pop-based folk-rock, and raspy, smoky vocals...
's live repertoire; at a 2 October 1996 Milwaukee concert by Etheridge, Bruce Springsteen joined her onstage to close the show with a duet of "Pink Cadillac". Etheridge has never recorded "Pink Cadillac" although her live performance is widely available as a bootleg recording
Bootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
.
Natalie Cole version
In the mid-1980s Natalie ColeNatalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...
recorded "Pink Cadillac" at the suggestion of producer Dennis Lambert; Cole recalls: "I thought to myself, 'I'm too old to be doing this kind of stuff'" "but then I'd never worked with anyone quite like Dennis before. He was very passionate about his work [and] his enthusiasm gave me the confidence that I could pull [the song] off." The track was intended for an album release on the Modern label; that project was canceled and Cole's "Pink Cadillac" and another Lambert production: "I Live For Your Love", were picked up by EMI-Manhattan Records
Manhattan Records
Manhattan Records is a United States record label, owned by EMI and operates as a subsidiary of The Blue Note Label Group.-Company history:Manhattan Records was formed in 1984 by Bruce Lundvall, and was later renamed EMI Manhattan Records after absorbing EMI America Records imprint...
to appear on Cole's 1987 album Everlasting. "Pink Cadillac" was released as that album's third single in March 1988, returning Cole to the Top Ten for the first time since 1978 in April 1988 to ascend to a #5 peak - matching Cole's previous Pop chart best with "I've Got Love on My Mind
I've Got Love on My Mind
"I've Got Love on My Mind" is a song originally recorded by Natalie Cole. Released from her third album, Unpredictable, it spent five weeks at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart and peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977. It was certified Gold, selling over one million copies...
" - that May. Cole's "Pink Cadillac" also reached #9 R&B, #16 A/C
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
and - via a remix by David Cole
David Cole (producer)
David Cole was a songwriter and record producer, and was one half of the dance-music duo C+C Music Factory, which he founded with musical partner Robert Clivillés....
and Robert Clivilles
Robert Clivillés
Robert Clivillés is a record producer, songwriter, arranger, music video director most noted for his work with C+C Music Factory, a group he founded with musical partner David Cole...
- #1 on Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
chart. According to Cole, "word got back" to her that Bruce Springsteen "thought it was very cool that a woman could [sing "Pink Cadillac"] and it would come out so great".
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Other versions
The ChipettesThe Chipettes
The Chipettes are a fictional group of anthropomorphic chipmunk singers first appearing on the cartoon series Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1983. In this and related materials, the Chipettes served as female featured characters in their own right, starring in numerous episodes...
recorded a cover of Natalie Cole's version for their 1988 album The Chipmunks and The Chipettes: Born to Rock
The Chipmunks and The Chipettes: Born to Rock
The Chipmunks and The Chipettes: Born to Rock is a music album by The Chipmunks and The Chipettes, released in 1988 on LP and in 1990 on CD and cassette by Quality Special Products...
.
Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins
Carl Lee Perkins was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954...
recorded a version of "Pink Cadillac" on his album Friends, Family & Legends of 1992.
Originally released on the album Killbilly Hill and again on their greatest hits album, 1980s country/rock band, Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific (band)
Southern Pacific was an American country rock band that ran from 1983 to 1991. They are best known for hits such as "Any Way the Wind Blows" , which was used in the soundtrack for the film Pink Cadillac starring Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters, and "New Shade of Blue"...
has a live recording of "Pink Cadillac".
Brian Conley
Brian Conley
Brian Conley is an English comedian, television presenter, singer and actor. At the peak of his television career, he was the highest-paid male television personality in the UK. Outside of television, he is best known for his frequent portrayals of Buttons in pantomime versions of...
recorded "Pink Cadillac" for his 1993 Brian Conley Sings album.
The 2003 album Light of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen features a rendition of "Pink Cadillac" by Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Graham Parker is a British rock singer and songwriter, who is best known as the lead singer of the popular British band Graham Parker & the Rumour.-Early career :...
.
It appeared on the 2004 album Live in Asbury Park, Vol. 2
Live in Asbury Park, Vol. 2
Live in Asbury Park, Vol. 2 is a Clarence Clemons and Temple of Soul album that was recorded live at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey on September 2–3, 2001...
by Clarence Clemons
Clarence Clemons
Clarence Anicholas Clemons, Jr. , also known as The Big Man, was an American musician and actor. From 1972 until his death, he was a prominent member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, playing the tenor saxophone. He released several solo albums and in 1985, had a hit single with "You're a...
and Temple of Soul.
With the same title
Jazz sax player/ vocalist Paul BascombPaul Bascomb
Paul Bascomb was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, noted for his extended tenure with Erskine Hawkins. He is a 1979 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame....
recorded a self-penned song entitled "Pink Cadillac" in 1952.
In 1955 veteran rockabilly
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
singer/songwriter Sammy Masters
Sammy Masters
Sammy Masters is an American rockabilly musician.-Career:Masters showed skill in music from an early age. At age 12 he debuted on the radio station KTUL in Tulsa with Bob Wills. When he was 16 his family moved to California, and Masters began playing in country groups in the Los Angeles area...
wrote a song entitled "Pink Cadillac"; Masters' inspiration was a vehicle at the LA used car lot where he had a day job. Masters recorded a single of his "Pink Cadillac" in 1956 - Jimmy Bryant
Jimmy Bryant
Jimmy Bryant was a prominent American session guitarist. He was billed as "The Fastest Guitar in the Country".-Biography:Ivy J. Bryant, Jr. was born in Moultrie, Georgia, the oldest of 12 children...
played lead guitar on the session - which in 1958 was re-released under the pseudonym Johnny Todd. At the time Masters' "Pink Cadillac" had its highest profile as the B-side of the Rusty Draper
Rusty Draper
Farrell H. "Rusty" Draper was an American country and pop singer, who achieved his greatest success in the 1950s....
hit "In the Middle of the House
In the Middle of the House
"In the Middle of the House" is a novelty song written by Bob Hilliard. It was performed by Vaughn Monroe and separately by Rusty Draper in 1956. Each was released as a single. Monroe's version reached number 11 on Billboard Magazine's Most Played by Jockeys chart and number 21 on the magazine's...
". However Masters' own recording of "Pink Cadillac" is now recognized as a rockabilly classic.
Further reading
- Marsh, DaveDave MarshDave Marsh is an American music critic, author, editor and radio talk show host. He was a formative editor of Creem magazine, has written for various publications such as Newsday, The Village Voice, and Rolling Stone, and has published numerous books about music and musicians, mostly focused on...
. Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s. Pantheon Books, 1987. ISBN 0-394-54668-7. - "Pink Cadillac" page at SpringsteenLyrics.com - Detailed info and lyrics transcriptions for several versions
- Bruce-base recording sessions history