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  1. Feb 24, 2012 · Mike Dash. February 24, 2012. Colonel Tom Parker—the title was awarded to him by Louisiana Governor Jimmie Davis in 1948 for political services rendered—claimed until 1982 to have been born...

  2. Jul 15, 2020 · Born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk in Breda, Netherlands, he started training horses with a local circus in his youth and then claimed to have worked as a sailor on Holland America Cruise Line in his...

  3. Jun 24, 2022 · In fact, as Smithsonian Magazine writes, Parker was born in Breda, in the Netherlands, in 1909, and his birth name was Andreas van Kuijk. At some point, he made his way to the United States —...

  4. 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...

  5. Feb 18, 2022 · Colonel Tom Parker was a musical entrepreneur who was the manager of Elvis Presley. Previously a carnival worker, Parker moved into music promotion in 1938, where he worked with popular crooners Gene Austin, and then country singers Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow, and Tommy Sands.

  6. Jan 21, 1997 · Thomas Andrew Parker (born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk; June 26, 1909 – January 21, 1997), commonly known as Colonel Parker, was a Dutch-American musical entrepreneur. He was best known as the manager of Elvis Presley.

  7. Jan 21, 2003 · Based on unprecedented research and interviews, this authoritative biography of Colonel Tom Parker (1909-1997) includes new revelations and insights into rock music's most renowned and...

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