Cadillac

It’s night time in the big city

Vandals deface a wall

There are no stars in the sky.

“Here at TTRH, we’ve always aspired to be the Cadillac of radio shows. So it’s only apropos that we take one of those baby’s out on the road!”

Singers and Songs

  • Buddy Johnson and Ella Johnson
    A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac and Some Money)

    “That’s from 19 and 64, and you can tell by the way that saxophone roars in that rock and roll was just around the corner.”

  • Vince Taylor and The Playboys
    Brand New Cadillac

    “Perhaps the best rockabilly record to come out of England.”

  • Paul and Dud Bascomb
    Pink Cadillac

    “You can tell those guys got their start in a swing band. You hear a little bit of Count Basie’s ‘Sent For You Yesterday and Here You Come Today’ in that song.”

  • Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
    Cadillac And Model A

    “One of them mid-fifties recordings. Features Bob’s brother, Billy Jack Wills. I like this song because it uses Cadillac as a verb.”

  • Bo Diddley
    Cadillac
  • Howie Strange
    Real Gone Daddy
  • Mildred Jones
    Mr. Thrill

    “A song that’s kinda like a single entendre”

  • Andre Williams
    Cadillac Jack
  • Red Simpson
    Jeannie With The Light Brown Cadillac
  • Jerry McCain
    Courtin’ in a Cadillac

    “A record like this isn’t even about the song, it’s about the whole thing: the singer, the musicians, the lyrics and the sound – especially the sound. You couldn’t make a record that sounds like this today.”

  • The Blasters
    Long White Cadillac
  • The Cadillacs
    Speedo

    “One of the premier rhythm and blues vocal groups…In front and center was Earl Carroll, with a straw hat and a cane. He would always bring down the house when he sang the song that gave him his nickname. In 1961, Earl got an offer to join The Coasters, and for the next 20 years he toured and recorded with them. That was a time when there was more than one Coasters group out there on the road. I can’t speak about the other ones, but if you saw the Coasters with Earl Carroll you were in for one hell of a show.”

  • Michael Martin Murphey
    Geronimo’s Cadillac

    “The veracity of this song is not total; however, it is quite catchy.”

  • Dizzy Gillespie
    Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
  • William DeVaughn
    Be Thankful For What You Got

Other People and Players

The Places

  • French North America
  • Lake Erie
  • Lake Saint Clair
  • Detroit
  • California
  • England
  • Switzerland
  • Connecticut
  • Burbank
  • Bakersfield
  • Blackboard Club
  • Higley, AZ
  • New York
  • Canton, OH
  • Bristol, WV
  • Oak Hill, WV
  • Arizona
  • New Mexico
  • Mexico
  • Washington, DC

Record Labels

  • Excello
    The distinctive orange and purple
  • Chess Records
  • Peacock
  • Gem

Other Songs and Albums

The Movies and TV Shows

The Books and Poems

Famous People Who Drove Cadillacs

  • Willamena of the Netherlands
  • Gustaffe V of Sweden
  • Pope Pius XII
  • John The 13th
  • Ike
  • Teddy Roosevelt
  • Nixon
  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Bill Clinton

Famous Person Who Died in the Back of a Cadillac

  • Hank Williams

Famous Mr.'s

Cadillac Commercials

Kinds of Cadillacs