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

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

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

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

The music historian Peter Guralnick’s new book, which draws on documents Tom Parker left behind, paints a different picture ...

A new Elvis Presley book has dispelled a massive Colonel Parker myth, thanks to previously unpublished evidence.

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

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 ...

Priscilla Presley recalled a time Elvis grew frustrated with Colonel Tom Parker Elvis had been one of the biggest artists of the 1950s, but his career had stalled a bit in the 1960s.

Elvis Presley ‘s manager, Colonel Tom Parker, is not a beloved figure among the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘s fans. However, Bob Dylan put up a decent defense of Parker.

In 1970, though, Elvis decided he’d had enough. He instructed his father, Vernon, to fire Parker. Then, Elvis got up, walked out the door, and didn’t return for several days.

Tom Parker in New York during a 1972 press conference for Elvis Presley. Photo: The Estate of David Gahr/Getty Images I love a good contrarian pop-culture take. The Beatles have too many fans.