The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley and the Partnership that Rocked the World | Peter Guralnick Product Type_Personnel Boards 24mm x 66m

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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 24mm x 66mSummary 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