SEPTEMBER 5, 1956 – Elvis Presley surprised his mother with a gift of a pink Cadillac. 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; 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. But 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.
Hi, I wonder how is it possible that Elvis gave a Cadillac to his mother on September 5, 1956 and since his mother did not have a driver’s license, he and his friends drove the car during 1955 and 1956. Does this mean that Elvis gave her the car after he drove it or that the date of the gift is incorrect?