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Feb 24, 2012 · HISTORY. Colonel Parker Managed Elvis’ Career, but Was He a Killer on the Lam? The man who brought The King to global fame kept his own past secret. But what exactly was Tom Parker hiding?...
Jun 25, 2022 · Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis, Elvis Presley. A breakdown of what is truth and what's fiction in Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' is fodder for discussion with Colonel Tom Parker's biographer.
Jan 22, 1997 · Col. Tom Parker, the strict, unorthodox and controversial manager who orchestrated Elvis Presley's career from 1955 until the singer's death in 1977, died yesterday at Valley Hospital in...
Jul 15, 2020 · Colonel Tom Parker: The Man Who Made Elvis Presley a Star. While the “Jailhouse Rock” and “Hound Dog” singer was breaking hearts of fans around the country, his manager was pulling the...
Jun 23, 2022 · By Ken Sharp. “The King” is back in the forefront of popular culture with the new Baz Luhrmann bio pic Elvis starring Austin Butler as the hip-swiveling Memphis fireball of a singing sensation and Tom Hanks as notorious manager Colonel Tom Parker. On the heels of the film’s release comes a new re-pressing of the must-have book The Colonel ...
Nov 30, 2023 · Colonel Parker was a one-man show. He was among that .01 percent who worked tirelessly to realize his vision. This idea, he felt, could be very big… but it would need some more thought. The Colonel insisted that no other artist ever ride on Elvis’s coattails. The world was changing, and so was Elvis.
Jan 22, 1997 · By ROBERT HILBURN. Jan. 22, 1997 12 AM PT. TIMES POP MUSIC CRITIC. Don’t expect history to be kind to Col. Tom Parker, who died of complications of a stroke Tuesday in Las Vegas at age 87.
