The Colonel and the King” offers a powerful addendum to Guralnick’s “ Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley” (1994 ...

Biographer Peter Guralnick shows us that loving Elvis also means loving Colonel Parker, no matter how grudgingly.

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: ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Colonel Tom Parker was deeply involved with Elvis Presley's career for better or worse. His ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, had a different view of Parker.