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With all the buzz about the 2022 bio-pic movie "ELVIS" it was time to share this clip from the 1998 R&R Radio Convention when the late DJ Kidd Kraddick did a

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Elvis. Gets Right—And Wrong—About the Real Colonel Tom Parker. His accent wasn't so theatrical, and he was way funnier than Baz Luhrmann gives him credit for. But according to Alanna Nash

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Colonel Tom Parker was an integral part of Elvis Presley's success. His hard-nosed management tactics, combined with Elvis' talent, brooding good looks, and sizzling sex appeal, helped propel the

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DICK CLARK BREAKS 20-YEAR SILENCE TO RIP ELVIS' MANAGER. LOS ANGELES — Colonel Tom Parker was mercilessly villified in an NBC movie the other night. Elvis Presley's manager was depicted as a

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Watch Dick Clark Reveal What Colonel Tom Parker Really Did To Elvis Presley. By Mark Simone. Jun 29, 2022. Get the Latest Info!

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One of the biggest blockbuster movies of the summer explores the life of Las Vegas icon Elvis Presley and his complicated relationship with manager Colonel Tom Parker. Parker wasn't his real name, nor was he a colonel. The journalist who wrote Parker's definitive biography says Elvis's manager kept deep dark secrets that may have contributed to the death of his most famous client.

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More than 40 years after his death, Elvis Presley remains one of the most famous and most easily recognized people in history. For the entirety of Presley's nearly 25-year career as "The King," his manager, "Colonel" Tom Parker, was the man who made all the career decisions. Frequently photographed with Presley, Parker became a celebrity in his

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Colonel Tom Parker was a man with a shady past. Before getting into the relationship between the King and his manager, a quick crash course in the pre-Elvis life of Colonel Tom Parker is in order — and hoo boy, what a life it was. According to Smithsonian Magazine, Parker liked to present himself as an American man called Thomas Andrew Parker

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Everybody loves Tom Hanks — but they may not love Tom Parker, the predatory music manager he plays in Elvis. Viewers who are more familiar with Elvis Presley's music than his life story might

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"He fully believed the colonel's story that Parker hailed from Huntington, West Virginia; Elvis died not knowing the truth," she says. "That didn't come out in this country until 1981."

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The Truth Behind Elvis' Manager Colonel Tom Parker. By Shireen Hollier. Published Aug 6, 2022. The film showcases the relationship between 'The King' and his manager, and a new generation of fans who can't get enough Elvis content have been fascinated by what they've learned about the man who shaped Elvis and made him one of the biggest

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Jan. 22, 1997 12 AM PT. TIMES POP MUSIC CRITIC. Don't expect history to be kind to Col. Tom Parker, who died of complications of a stroke Tuesday in Las Vegas at age 87. The cagey ex-carnival

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Tom Hanks played Elvis Presley manager Colonel Tom Parker in 2022 Baz Luhrmann's biopic Elvis, and his portrayal of "The Colonel" has caused almost as much controversy as the real-life figure did when the King of Rock and Roll was still alive.The Tom Hanks Tom Parker portrayal in Elvis caused quite a stir when the film was released, both because of Hank's interpretation of the character and

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The truth about Elvis and Colonel Tom Parker

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Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. While we know that the Colonel is credited with discovering Elvis, he technically wasn't his first manager. Scotty Moore was the guitarist in Presley's

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Rock 'n' Roll icon Elvis Presley was managed during the height of his career by Colonel Tom Parker, with the talent agent often debated over whether he was a scoundrel or a marketing genius

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By Ken Sharp "The King" is back in the forefront of popular culture with the new Baz Luhrmann bio pic Elvis starring Austin Butler as the hip-swiveling Memphis fireball of a singing sensation and Tom Hanks as notorious manager Colonel Tom Parker.. On the heels of the film's release comes a new re-pressing of the must-have book The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker

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Parker was a master promoter who wasted no time in furthering Presley's image. Colonel Parker managed Elvis Presley from 1955 until the singer's death in 1977. Prior to managing Presley, Parker helped transform Eddy Arnold into a country superstar with his own radio shows, movie roles, Las Vegas bookings, and an unparalleled resume of #1 records.

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The truth came out when some of his long lost family members spotted a photo of him with Elvis in the 1960s - Colonel Tom Parker was actually born Andreas Cornelis (Dries) van Kuijk in Breda, in the Netherlands on June 26, 1909. ... Colonel Tom Parker was wary of the relationship between Presley and songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A judge says Col. Tom Parker made so much money by molding truck driver Elvis Presley into an international singing phenomenon that it 'shocks the conscience of the court

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ELVIS PRESLEY and Colonel Tom Parker had a complex relationship over the years and the manager is widely reported to have taken an extortionate 50 per cent cut of all the King's earnings. Now, in

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Dick Clark, the American Bandstand host, once said: "Parker's handling of the man was as bad or worse than his management of Elvis' business affairs. He kept him in a cage like an animal. He

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Concerning how Elvis would have fared without Tom Parker is tough to call. On the one hand Parker, was the best thing to happen to him professionally. A shrewder business man there never was and his strategy made Elvis the biggest star in the world. ... Elvis wallowed for years in the redundancy of formulaic movies, tour schedules and his Vegas