On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died of a heart attack, aged 42. Shortly after, Elvis’s manager, Colonel Thomas Parker, treated the tragic news like an unplanned, egregious accounting error that ...

In many ways, it’s the origin story of the rock and roll revolution: How the man who called himself Colonel Tom Parker ...

A new biography suggests the relationship between Elvis Presley and his maligned manager is ripe for reappraisal ...

A new biography of the singer's much vilified and exploitative manager 'Colonel' Tom Parker aims to restore his reputation, ...

Colonel Tom Parker, the manager that helped turn Elvis into a star, gets the spotlight in Peter Guralnick biography of a ...

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A new Elvis Presley book has dispelled a massive Colonel Parker myth, thanks to previously unpublished evidence.

Peter Guralnick's new book, “The Colonel and the King,” is focused on the man who elevated Elvis Presley to superstardom: ...

Colonel Tom Parker had control over Elvis Presley's entire career, for better or worse. Towards the end, they finally came to blows. Read more here.

Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick explains the truth behinds some of the popular myths about Colonel Tom Parker, the blustery ...

Biographer Peter Guralnick shows us that loving Elvis also means loving Colonel Parker, no matter how grudgingly.

Drawing on never-before-seen correspondence, this third volume in Guralnick’s Elvis trilogy focuses on Presley’s relationship with the “Colonel”, his infamous manager ...