In the town where Kentucky Fried Chicken grew up, they’ll auction off the home, restaurant and maybe even the secret spice ...
It’s fair to say that the curiosity of more than a few people was piqued by Tom Hanks’ portrayal of Elvis Presley’s career-long manager, Colonel Tom Parker, in the Austin Butler-starring biopic “Elvis ...
I love a good contrarian pop-culture take. The Beatles have too many fans. Monty Python is painfully unfunny. Chefs are not artists. But recasting the notorious Col. Tom Parker as a good guy is about ...
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Elvis and the Colonel

Author Peter Guralnick wrote the definitive two-volume biography of the King: "Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley" (1994), and "Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley" (2000). And ...
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 ...
The popular perception of Colonel Tom Parker is that he chiseled Elvis Presley out of a lot of money, forced his participation in some really bad 1960s movies and ensured Presley’s late-career ...
Of all the characters in the history of U.S. drama, Colonel Nimrod Wildfire of Kentucky occupies a special place. He claimed to be “half horse, half alligator [and] a touch of the airth-quake.” He had ...
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 ...