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The Cadillac Three, originally known as The Cadillac Black, is an American rock band consisting of Jaren Johnston (lead vocals, guitar), Kelby Ray (lap steel guitar, bass guitar, vocals), and Neil Mason (drums, vocals).
The song was featured on the 2001 episode "Employee of the Month" of the show The Sopranos. The song was featured on the 2007 episode "Cadillac" of the satellite radio show Theme Time Radio Hour. The song's opening lyrics were referenced in the song "Was a Sunny Day" by Paul Simon, on his 1973 album, "There Goes Rhymin' Simon.
The group came together as The Carnations in 1953, with the members Earl Carroll (lead vocalist), Bobby Phillips, Lavern Drake (bass vocalist), and Gus Willingham. As the group moved into the recording studios, James "Poppa" Clark was added as a fifth member, and the name "The Cadillacs" was given to them.
Brenston later said that the song was not particularly original; "they had simply borrowed from another jump blues about an automobile, Jimmy Liggins’ 'Cadillac Boogie ' ". [14] The song was a hymn of praise to the joys of the Oldsmobile Rocket 88 automobile which had recently been introduced, [12] and was based on the 1947 song "Cadillac ...
The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, airplay, and, since 2012, streaming.
Cadillac Records: Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack album for the film Cadillac Records. It features covers of classic songs from Chess Records' singers as performed by the film's actors including Beyoncé (as Etta James ), Eamonn Walker (as Howlin' Wolf ) and Jeffrey Wright (as Muddy Waters ).
It exited the top-5 on 15 June and the top-10 on 29 June. [12] It was last seen on Kvällstoppen on 13 July at a position of 19. [12] In total, it spent 14 weeks on the chart, 11 of which were in the top-10. [12] 7 of those weeks it stayed in the top-5. [12] It fared similarly well on Tio i Topp, where it stayed for 12 weeks, peaking at number ...
Just Lookin' for a Hit is the first compilation album by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.It includes eight singles from his 1980s albums for Reprise Records, as well as two newly recorded cover songs: "Long White Cadillac," originally recorded by The Blasters, and "Sin City," originally recorded by the Flying Burrito Brothers.