Pink Cadillacs to line Detroit's streets in honor of Aretha Franklin

Updated 31st August 2018
Pink Cadillacs to line Detroit's streets in honor of Aretha Franklin
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN


"We goin' ridin' on the freeway of love in my pink Cadillac," declared Aretha Franklin in her 1985 hit single "Freeway of Love."

Now, more than three decades on, dozens of pink Cadillac owners will pay a special tribute to the "Queen of Soul" by lining up their cars in Detroit for her funeral Friday.

The display is being organized by Crisette Ellis, whose husband, Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, serves as pastor at the Greater Grace Temple, where the funeral will be held. While the tribute is an apparent reference to the song that won Franklin her 12th Grammy (and its artwork, which features the singer in a pink Cadillac), Ellis told NPR that the idea was inspired by the way police line up their vehicles to honor fallen officers.

"My husband said, 'Wouldn't it be awesome if we could have a sea of pink Cadillacs parked on Seven Mile Road to greet Ms. Aretha Franklin as she arrives?'" she told the radio show. At the time of that interview, Ellis said more than 130 pink Cadillacs would be participating.

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