But Elvis wouldn’t have been Elvis without Colonel Tom Parker, the Dutch-born entrepreneur who managed Presley’s career from ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Key Takeaways: Elvis Presley’s longtime manager was Colonel Tom Parker, who helped the rock ’n’ roll ...

The story of Elvis Presley is the story of America in the last half of the 20th century, so explosively improbable that we can still barely make sense of it a quarter of the way through the 21st. You ...

Early on in life, Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk knew that he needed to leave. Born in the Netherlands in 1909, he was a strange, enchanted boy, possessed with a wild imagination and overcome with ...

"The Colonel and the King” by Peter Guralnick; Little, Brown and Company; 624 pages When Colonel Tom Parker approached Sam Phillips in 1955 with a proposal to arrange a recording contract for a little ...

Elvis made a career out of performing other people's music, but these five specific songs were the worst of the bunch.

Elvis Presley's plans to perform in London were derailed by his manager's immigration status. Legendary live promoter Harvey Goldsmith tried for years to bring 'The King of Rock 'n' Roll' across the ...

Elvis Presley 's greatest love opened up about a priceless piece of his legacy, which celebrates its 50th anniversary at ...

Presley always wanted to be known as a serious actor. Still, his film career never extended beyond the surface-level roles that demanded nothing else other than his likeness. As a result, Presley ...

When Colonel Tom Parker approached Sam Phillips in 1955 with a proposal to arrange a recording contract for a little-known, but promising singer named Elvis Presley, Phillips was not only exasperated ...