"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 ...

“The Colonel and the King” offers a powerful addendum to Guralnick’s “Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley” (1994) and “Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley” (1999), the author’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"THE COLONEL AND THE KING: TOM PARKER, ELVIS PRESLEY AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT ROCKED THE WORLD" by Peter Guralnick (Little, Brown and Company, 624 pages, $38). Facts tend to lose the battle with ...

Early on in life, Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk knew that he needed to leave. Born in the Netherlands in 1909, he was a strange, enchanted boy, possessed with a wild imagination and overcome with ...

A biopic, a movie about a real person, is one of the most fascinating genres of film. They are meant to tell real stories and ...

Many would have loved to see Presley cover this song, as it perfectly fits his musical wheelhouse and would have birthed a collaboration for the ages. However, that seemingly did not appeal to Dolly ...

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, ...

"The Colonel and the King” by Peter Guralnick; Little, Brown and Company; 624 pages When Colonel Tom Parker approached Sam Phillips in 1955 with a proposal to arrange a recording contract for a little ...