Author Peter Guralnick wrote the definitive two-volume biography of the King: "Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley" (1994), and "Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley" (2000). And ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Elvis Presley biographer Peter Guralnick's latest book, "The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the ...

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 ...

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), ...

I love a good contrarian pop-culture take. The Beatles have too many fans. Monty Python is painfully unfunny. Chefs are not artists. But recasting the notorious Col. Tom Parker as a good guy is about ...

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 ...

Elvis Presley biographer Peter Guralnick's latest book, "The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World" (Little, Brown & Co.), traces the relationship ...