Atomicat Records Anniversary series shines its headlights onto the Cadillac car with our album 120 Years of the Cadillac Car (ACCD117), which comprises thirty Cadillac-based songs sourced from 1948 through to 1962. The concept of the Cadillac car was the brainchild of; William Murphy, Lemuel Bowen, and Henry M. Leland who designed the first-ever Cadillac car in 1902, and this album is dedicated to them and their automobile which became synonymous with the "Fabulous Fifties."
Atomicat takes a different slant to the topic, and we feature songs from the genres of, Rhythm & Blues, Doo-Wop, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Hillbilly. Then we dig a little deeper and include groups named after the automobile, and finally songs that have Cadillac in the lyrics. Atomicat’s seven-dimension tribute allows you to hear how the car musically entered into different cultures and influenced songwriters.
01 Jimmy Liggins and His Drops Of Joy* Cadillac Boogie (Liggins) Specialty 1948
02 The Trenier Twins and Gene Gilbeaux’s Orchestra * Convertible Cadillac (Ram, Troup) Mercury 1948
03 Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men* Cadillac Baby (Brown) De Luxe 1950
04 Maurice King and His Wolverines (vocal chorus) Bea Baker * I Want A Lavender Cadillac (Lipsen) Okeh 1951
05 Willie Brown * Cadillac Boogie (Brown) Decca 1951
06 Buddy Johnson Orchestra (vocal) Ricky Harper * A Pretty Girl, A Cadillac and Some Money (Johnson) Mercury 1954
07 Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra (vocal) Hot Lips Page * The Cadillac Song (Lewis) Parlophone 1955
08 Jerry McCain and His Upstarts * Courtin' In A Cadillac (McCain) Excello 1955
09 Bo Diddley * Cadillac (McDaniel) Checker LP 1960
10 Baker Knight and The Knightmares * Bring My Cadillac Back (Knight, Riley) Kit/Decca 1956
11 Hal Willis * My Pink Cadillac (Willis, Willis) Atlantic 1956
12 Bob Luman * Red Cadillac And Black Moustache (Thompson, May) Imperial 1957
13 Larry Dowd and The Rock-A-Tones * Pink Cadillac (Dowd, Mitchell) Spinning 1959
14 Sonny Wallace * Black Cadillac (Wallace) Yucca 1960
15 Joyce Green * Black Cadillac (Green) Vaden 1960
16 The Aquatones * Wanted (A Solid Gold Cadillac) (Goddard) Fargo 1961
17 Donnie Huffman * Pink Cadillac (And -A -Red -Headed -Girl) (Hoose) Taurus 1962
18 Don Churchill and His Texas Mavericks * Cadillac Blues (Churchill) Capitol 1952
19 Bob Wills and His Western Swing Band (vocal) Billy Jack Wills * Cadillac In Model A (Wills) Radio Transcription 1954
20 El Dorados with Al Smith's Orch.* Rock ‘n’ Roll Is For Me (Moses, Abner) Vee Jay 1956
21 The Cadillacs with The Jessie Powell Orchestra * Speedoo (Navarre) Josie 1957
22 Those Four Eldorados * Go! Little Susie (no credit) Academy 1958
23 Myron Lee and The Caddies * Aw C'mon Baby (Wachendorf) Hep 1958
24 Big Boy Groves and Band* ?I Gotta New Car (Groves) Spark 1954
25 The Medallions * Coupe De Ville Baby (Hinton) Dootone 1955
26 Young Jessie with Maxwell Davis and Orchestra * ? Mary Lou (Jessie, Ling) Modern 1955
27 Vernon Green and The Medallions * Push Button Automobile (Blue, Jenkins) Dootone 1956
28 Bo Diddley * Hey! Bo-Diddley (McDaniel) Checker 1957
29 Wanda Jackson * Baby Loves Him (Jackson) Capitol 1957
30 Ron Haydock and “The Boppers” * Maybelline (Berry) Cha Cha 1960