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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. Parker was born in the Netherlands and entered the United States illegally when he was 20 years old. He adopted a new name and claimed to ...
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 ...
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 Parker founded the Francis W. Parker School in 1901, with the support of benefactor Anita McCormick Blaine. Parker was born in Bedford, New Hampshire in Hillsborough County. He was educated in the public schools and began his career as a village teacher in New Hampshire at age 16.
Did Colonel Tom Parker convince Elvis to play Las Vegas to settle Parker's gambling debts? ... Elvis died not knowing the truth," she says. "That didn’t come out in this country until 1981."
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.
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Ely Samuel Parker (1828 – August 31, 1895), born Hasanoanda (Tonawanda Seneca), later known as Donehogawa, was an engineer, U.S. Army officer, aide to General Ulysses Grant, and Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in charge of the government's relations with Native Americans.