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Thomas Andrew Parker (born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk; June 26, 1909 – January 21, 1997), [1] commonly known as Colonel Parker, was a Dutch-American musical entrepreneur. He was best known as the manager of Elvis Presley .
Jun 30, 2022 · In 1963, Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley’s audacious manager who had gotten his start selling candy apples in carnivals, read in the paper that Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s...
- Alanna Nash
Feb 21, 2023 · Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker first met on February 6, 1955, but the story of their eventual business team started well before that (via Graceland). In 1954, a man called Oscar Davis saw Presley live and met the singer and his then-manager, Bob Neal.
- Pauli Poisuo
Feb 24, 2012 · Photo: Wikicommons. The Colonel always was a mystery. But that was very much the way he liked it. It was, of course, a tough trick to pull off, because the Colonel’s name was Tom Parker, and...
Jun 24, 2022 · Colonel Tom Parker, as played by Tom Hanks in Elvis, was the controversial manager of singer Elvis Presley (played by Austin Butler). In both the 2022 movie and real life, the Elvis Presley manager was a man with a mysterious past who had a key role in both The King's success and downfall.
- Paul Shirey
Jul 15, 2020 · To fans across the country, Elvis Presley seemed to shoot to megastardom after his 1956 national TV appearance on Stage Show, but the young singer’s career was carefully orchestrated by his...
Jun 23, 2022 · Bestselling author Alanna Nash offers the definitive account of Colonel Tom Parker as a mysterious man living a powerful life as Elvis Presley's manager. 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 ...
