German town puts Elvis Presley on traffic lights

Friedberg, Germany - Cross the road, it’s now or never. Or that’s what residents in the German town of Friedberg may start humming when their traffic light jumps to green to reveal a hip-swivelling Elvis Presley.

The jailhouse rocker performed his military service there between 1958 and 1960 and the town remains all shook up about its celebrated visitor.

To commemorate the Love me Tender singer’s link to Friedberg, located north of Frankfurt, local authorities have transformed three traffic lights into Elvis lights.

On red, they show the music icon standing at his microphone. On green, Elvis is seen mid-hip shake, performing his trademark move on tip toes.

The town, which calls itself ‘the army home of Elvis’, already has a giant Elvis statue on a roundabout near the former US barracks.