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Elvis and the Colonel : an insider's look at the most legendary partnership in show business

Title
Elvis and the Colonel : an insider's look at the most legendary partnership in show business / Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill.
Author
McDonald, Greg
Publication
  • New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2023.
  • ©2023

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Additional Authors
Terrill, Marshall
Description
viii, 372 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"Colonel Tom Parker, often reviled in his time, led the strategy from the earliest days of Elvis's career. Together, they built the most legendary partnership in show business. For the first time, Colonel Parker's story is told by an insider, Greg McDonald, who worked under Parker for years. Never-before-heard stories of Parker's collaboration with Elvis reveal the man behind the legend and the strategies that made Elvis a commercial groundbreaker. Many of the practices Parker established are still deployed today by most major agencies. Parker's experience as a carny and an immigrant shaped his management style when he was at his peak, showing how he adapted big top practices to the big time. The heart of Elvis and the Colonel is the long, strong, warm and complex relationship between two iconic men." -- Amazon.com.
Alternative Title
Insider's look at the most legendary partnership in show business
Subject
  • Parker, Tom, 1909 June 26-1997
  • Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977
  • Singers > United States > Biography
  • Impresarios > United States > Biography
  • Concert agents > United States > Biography
  • Singers
  • Impresarios
  • Concert agents
  • Biography
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page [355]) and index.
Contents
Prologue: All in a day's work -- Dutch boy -- The high seas -- The road to success -- Pulling rank -- Artist of the cenury -- Elvis Presley Inc. -- G.I. Blues -- Fame and fortune -- We are family -- Lucky streak -- Elivis in the age of aquarius -- Reel to real -- Viva Las Vegas -- 20,000,000 Elvis fans can't be wrong -- The colonel's crew -- Aloha from Hawaii -- T-R-O-U-B-L-E -- Prescription for disaster -- Auld lang syne -- Way down -- Baseball, American Pie, and Chevrolet -- Under new management -- Always Elvis -- Colonel Parker reconsidered.
Call Number
JME 24-6
ISBN
  • 9781250287496
  • 1250287499
LCCN
2023016804
OCLC
1410724024
Author
McDonald, Greg, author.
Title
Elvis and the Colonel : an insider's look at the most legendary partnership in show business / Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill.
Publisher
New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2023.
Copyright Date
©2023
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page [355]) and index.
Added Author
Terrill, Marshall, author.
Research Call Number
JME 24-6
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