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

As Guralnick explained to me during a recent conversation, “I originally pictured him as this lovable rogue, this rapscallion.” But the Colonel who came to light through Guralnick’s latter-day ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Tom Hanks (65) speelt in ‘Elvis’ de manager die volgens fans Elvis Presley de dood injoeg. Het verhaal van Colonel Tom Parker – ofte Dries van Kuijk – is een verhaal van oplichterij, ook ...

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

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

Despite being dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll" and performing on stages worldwide, Elvis Presley didn't once perform in the ...