"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Key Takeaways: Elvis Presley’s longtime manager was Colonel Tom Parker, who helped the rock ’n’ roll ...
Elvis Presley made a wicked deal with the devil: He kept his mouth shut about his manager Colonel Tom Parker's destructive gambling addiction because Parker was keeping Presley's drug habit hush-hush, ...
Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977, at the age of 42, in his Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. His heart gave out after years of obesity and prescription drugs. His long-time talent agent ...
Elvis Presley and his manager Colonel Tom Parker in Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1956. Film Critic The story of Elvis Presley is the story of America in the last half of the 20th century, so explosively ...
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), ...
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’ ...
When Colonel Tom Parker approached Sam Phillips in 1955 with a proposal to arrange a recording contract for a little-known, but promising singer named Elvis Presley, Phillips was not only exasperated ...