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The Colonel and the King : Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the partnership that rocked the world

Guralnick, Peter, author

2025

Overview

In early 1955, Colonel Tom Parker heard that an unknown teenager from Memphis had just drawn a crowd of more than 800 people to a Texas schoolhouse, & headed south to investigate. Within days, Parker was sending out telegrams & letters to promoters & booking agents about the man who would become a global icon & legend: Elvis Presley. The close personal bond between Elvis & the Colonel proved impossible for outside observers to understand - not during their lifetimes, & not in the decades since. It was a long-standing, deeply committed relationship, founded on mutual admiration & support. From the outset, the Colonel defended Elvis fiercely against RCA executives, Elvis' own booking agents, & movie moguls. But in their final years together, the story grew darker, & the relationship strained, as the Colonel found himself unable to protect Elvis from himself or to control growing problems of his own.

• Publisher: White Rabbit
• Subject: Parker, Colonel Tom. / Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977. / Music trade United States Management. / Music.
• ISBN: 9781399635295

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
ML406 .G87 2025	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE