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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

The Colonel and the King” is the third chapter in Peter Guralnick’s Elvis files, often cited as the only true accounts of his ...

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

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