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

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

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

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

In his new book, acclaimed music historian and Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick focuses on Colonel Tom Parker’s side of the ...

In ‘The Colonel and the King,’ Peter Guralnick offers an unexpected view of Elvis Presley’s legendary manager, Colonel Tom ...

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

Colonel Tom Parker laid down the law with Elvis Presley’s entourage In the late 1960s, Elvis’ road manager, Joe Esposito, picked up the musician to go to the studio and noticed that he seemed ...

After Elvis's death in 1977, it was rumored that Parker had acted as if nothing had happened, and when he turned up at Presley's funeral in a Hawaiian shirt and baseball cap, the Presley estate ...

ELVIS PRESLEY is getting a brand new biopic later this year, but the story will be told from a new perspective. Director Baz Luhrmann has decided to focus on the King's manager Colonel Tom Parker ...

Colonel Tom Parker helped convince Priscilla Presley to let Nancy Sinatra host her baby shower In the earliest stages of her relationship with Elvis, Priscilla found rumors about Sinatra concerning.