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Colonel Thomas Andrew Parker (born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk; June 26, 1909 – January 21, 1997) [1] was a Dutch-American talent manager and concert promoter, best known as the manager of Elvis Presley.
Her book, The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley, was published on July 15, 2003, to acclaim. Billboard called it a "classic of music industry reporting". Other positive reviews came from The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, Variety, and Publishers Weekly, among others.
The synopsis says, the book is “a groundbreaking dual portrait of the relationship between the iconic artist and his legendary manager, Colonel Tom Parker, drawing on a wealth of Parker’s ...
Robert Welch [2] (born May 14, 1949) is an American manager and retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring names Robert Fuller and Col. Robert Parker. Robert and his brother Ron co-owned Continental Championship Wrestling for a time.
The tailspin created by RFK’s death led directly to the special’s powerful finale. ... Colonel Tom Parker (left) and Elvis Presley are captured in this photo from 1960, as the musician was ...
Nash, a veteran music journalist, published “The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley” to acclaim in 2010 and her book has just been reissued with a new ...
Colonel Tom Parker, Presley's manager, was well aware of his client's draft status and how it could affect his career. [3] In the summer of 1956, Parker wrote to the Pentagon requesting that Presley be considered for Special Services , which would allow Presley to do only six weeks basic training and then resume life as normal, performing ...
Alanna Nash’s 2010 biography on Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley has become a No. 1 bestseller on Amazon following Baz Luhrmann’s new “Elvis” biopic that premiered this past weekend.