One of the pink Cadillacs that Elvis owned parked in front of Graceland.
Elvis Presley spent a lot of money on himself by buying Cadillacs but also gave a lot of Cadillacs to band members, bodyguards, his doctor and complete strangers.
One of my favorite stories is when Elvis was watching a story on the local NBC station in Denver, Colorado about him gaving away cars the anchorman Don Kinney mentioned that if Elvis was watching he wanted a new car too. The next morning a blue Cadillac Seville was delivered to the station to Kenney.
He gave many cars to Charlie Hodge the band member who handed Elvis scarves during the concert because he would give a car Hodge was driving to someone and then buy him another one since Hodge lived at Graceland until the day Elvis died.
Elvis gave Mary Jenkins his maid and cook six cars including three Cadillacs. He also gave his dentist and jeweler cars.
One car dealer honored him by giving him a plaque for being the World’s Best Car Buyer with the names of 31 people he had given cars to.
I think it is safe to say that no other entertainer was as generous as Elvis Presley. I don’t think any other entertainer bought 14 Cadillacs for $140,000 in one trip to an auto dealer like Elvis did two years before his death.
This website has more details about the generosity of Elvis when it came to giving away cars:
http://elviscadillacs.tripod.com/elvis2.htm
Thank you and I hope you enjoy the link to your page:
http://www.examiner.com/events-in-jacksonville/elvis-life-is-portrayed-through-elvis-lives-review
Elvis was a generous soul. Came from poor, poor, poor, and didn’t mind sharing his wealth when he became mega rich. You don’t see that too often these days.
Debrina, You made a great point. Elvis grew up poor, so he knew what it was like and loved to give to the less fortunate.