“In any book I do, I just want to paint a true picture,” said author and historian Peter Guralnick. “And the picture is not always the one that I might choose or want, but it’s the truth that needs to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peter Guralnick's hefty book about Colonel Tom Parker, pictured left with client Elvis and Ed Sullivan in 1956, paints the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A vigilant Colonel Tom Parker stands near Elvis Presley, who is surrounded by military police during a visit to Hawaii in 1961.

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 ...

The story of Elvis Presley is the story of America in the last half of the 20th century, so explosively improbable that we can still barely make sense of it a quarter of the way through the 21st. You ...

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), ...

Elvis Presley biographer Peter Guralnick's latest book, "The Colonel and the King," is the story of a partnership that rocked popular culture. Anthony Mason talks with Guralnick at Graceland about how ...

"The Colonel and the King” by Peter Guralnick; Little, Brown and Company; 624 pages When Colonel Tom Parker approached Sam Phillips in 1955 with a proposal to arrange a recording contract for a little ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Key Takeaways: Elvis Presley’s longtime manager was Colonel Tom Parker, who helped the rock ’n’ roll ...

In his new book, 'Sam Phillips,' music writer Peter Guralnick profiles the founder of Sun Records. Guralnick says Phillips rejected perfection in favor of spontaneity and individuality. Phillips ...

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 ...