The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley and the Partnership that Rocked the World | Peter Guralnick Product Type_Personnel Boards Flight-Lieutenant David Heron

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The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley and the Partnership that Rocked the World | Peter Guralnick Product Type_Personnel Boards Flight-Lieutenant David HeronSummary Specs In early 1955, Colonel Tom Parker (the manager of the number one country music star of the day) heard that an unknown teenager from Memphis had just drawn a crowd of more than 800 people to a Texas schoolhouse and headed south to investigate. Within a matter of days, Parker was sending out telegrams and letters to promoters and booking agents: 'We have a new boy that is absolutely going to be one of the biggest things in the business in