Elvis Presley's manager colonel Tom Parker allegedly drummed up death threats abroad to keep Elvis trapped in the U.S.

Singing your heart out and charismatically rocking out on stage only gets you so far, even for the best musicians, Elvis Presley included. Despite his incredible talent and good looks, Elvis still ...

Terry Gross talks with rock historian Peter Guralnick, author of the definitive two volume biography of Elvis Presley. His new book is about Elvis's longtime manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Guralnick ...

When Gene Austin arrived in Tampa in January of 1939 with his new, self-financed movie, Songs and Saddles, he was at loose ends. Austin had been a genuine pop superstar in the ‘20s (his 1927 hit, “My ...

The reassessment if not quite rehabilitation of Elvis' much maligned manager, Colonel Tom Parker, continues in earnest with a new exhibition, "Colonel Parker's World of Show Business," now on display ...

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 ...

"Elvis," from filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, is Elvis Presley like you've never seen him before. Austin Butler plays the titular music legend in the film, alongside Tom Hanks as Elvis' manager, Colonel Tom ...