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Colonel Tom Parker: Media

Dutch-born entertainment promoter and talent agent

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The Colonel and the King
Colonel Tom Parker (left) and Elvis Presley on the set of Presley's 1969 film Change...
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The rainmaker and the rock and roller
In 1955 Colonel Tom Parker negotiated Elvis Presley's signing with RCA Records. The...
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Back from the army
Elvis Presley waving to fans as he disembarks from a train at Union Station in Memphis,...
© Charles Nicholas—The Commercial Appeal/Imagn Images