The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World creativity More than just a series

More than just a series of shrewd and evocative portraits of these and sixteen other performers

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The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World creativity More than just a seriesAuthor: Peter Guralnick From the award winning biographer of Elvis Presley, a groundbreaking dual portrait of the relationship between the iconic artist and his legendary managerdrawing on a wealth of the Colonel's never before seen correspondence to reveal that this oft reviled figure was in fact a confidant, friend, and architect of his clients success In early 1955, Colonel Tom Parkermanager of the number one country music star of the dayheard that