What if we got it wrong about Colonel Tom Parker? That’s the provocative question raised by music historian Peter Guralnick’s latest book, “The Colonel and the King” (Little, Brown, 624 pp., out now), ...
It’s fair to say that the curiosity of more than a few people was piqued by Tom Hanks’ portrayal of Elvis Presley’s career-long manager, Colonel Tom Parker, in the Austin Butler-starring biopic “Elvis ...
The reassessment if not quite rehabilitation of Elvis' much maligned manager, Colonel Tom Parker, continues in earnest with a new exhibition, "Colonel Parker's World of Show Business," now on display ...
The music historian Peter Guralnick’s new book, which draws on documents Tom Parker left behind, paints a different picture of an infamous industry figure. By Ben Sisario In the history of rock ’n’ ...
Peter Guralnick’s “The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership That Rocked the World” is this year’s must-read rock ‘n’ roll biography, taking a close look at how Parker, ...
In The Colonel and the King, the biographer draws from archival material to paint a fresh portrait of Elvis Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker. How did this book come about? This book has really ...
No other legacy has been more revised by rock n’ roll history than that of Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley’s longtime manager who — according to popular belief — forced the late icon into Hollywood ...