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

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

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

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

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 ...

Elvis Presley’s Most Complicated Relationship Gets Spotlighted in New Book first appeared on Parade on Aug 7, 2025 This story ...

When Colonel Tom Parker approached Sam Phillips in 1955 with a proposal to arrange a recording contract for a little-known, ...

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

Did Elvis know Tom Parker was an undocumented immigrant? Peter Guralnick spills the biggest secrets in his Tom Parker book ...

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