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A New Book Shifts Narrative on Elvis and Colonel Tom Parker

Author Peter Guralnick talks Elvis, Colonel Tom Parker and new book on their 'partnership'
Peter Guralnick's new book, “The Colonel and the King,” is focused on the man who elevated Elvis Presley to superstardom: Colonel Tom Parker.
A Graceland discovery inspired Peter Guralnick’s myth-busting biography of Colonel Tom Parker
Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick explains the truth behinds some of the popular myths about Colonel Tom Parker, the blustery operator that shepherded the king's career.
Colonel Tom Parker wasn’t the villain of Elvis’ story
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 research defied such easy characterization.
A New Book Casts Elvis and the Colonel in a New Light
Biographer Peter Guralnick shows us that loving Elvis also means loving Colonel Parker, no matter how grudgingly.
Elvis biographer sets record straight about Colonel Tom Parker in hefty tome
Colonel Tom Parker, the manager that helped turn Elvis into a star, gets the spotlight in Peter Guralnick biography of a carny turned kingmaker.
Elvis Historian to Tackle the King’s Manager ‘The Colonel’ in Latest Book
The Colonel and the King” is the third chapter in Peter Guralnick’s Elvis files, often cited as the only true accounts of his life and legacy.
Was Elvis Presley’s Manager the Colonel a Villain? It’s Complicated.
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.
How Colonel Tom Parker invented the modern superstar
A new biography suggests the relationship between Elvis Presley and his maligned manager is ripe for reappraisal

‘The Colonel and the King’ revises our view of Elvis’s right-hand man

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

Drugs, murky contracts, secrets: Shocking Elvis revelations in 'The Colonel and the King'

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

‘He was a life force’: Elvis biographer on the man who made the King a star

Award-winning Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick shares a new eye-opening look at the complicated story of Elvis’s manager.

Revising the reputation of the most reviled man in rock ’n ’roll history

In ‘The Colonel and the King,’ Peter Guralnick offers an unexpected view of Elvis Presley’s legendary manager, Colonel Tom ...
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It was drug addiction that killed for Elvis, not his greedy manager

Colonel Tom Parker (1909-97) was the man who ripped Elvis Presley off and worked him to death. That’s the received wisdom ...

New Elvis Presley evidence slams massive Colonel Parker myth

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