Biographer Peter Guralnick paints a surprising portrait of Presley's long-time manager, Col. Tom Parker: "He had nothing whatsoever to do with the music other than to defend Elvis' choices." ...

With ZZ Top bringing its Elevation Tour to Hard Rock Hotel & Casino's Battery Park on Saturday it is a good time to take a ...

Acclaimed music historian Peter Guralnick sheds light on the enigmatic figure of Colonel Tom Parker in his latest book, ...

Parker was indeed born in 1909 but wasn’t from West Virginia and in fact wasn’t even American. What’s more he wasn’t a ...

August non-fiction releases include they include books on the atomic bomb, a Gilded Age party queen, Elvis, James Baldwin, Martians, and more.

The music historian Peter Guralnick’s new book, which draws on documents Tom Parker left behind, paints a different picture ...

Peter Guralnick completes his biographical trilogy with The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley and the ...

Every good story needs a villain and Colonel Tom Parker has usually occupied that role in the Elvis biography. Think of Tom Hanks’ scenery chewing in Baz Luhrmann’s eye-popping 2022 Elvis biopic.