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Peter Guralnick

  • Music Critic, Author and Screenwriter
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Has been called a national resource by critic Nat Hentoff for work that has chronicled America's intertwined black and white musical traditions.
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10 Essential Music Books That Also Make Great Gifts

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By Peter Guralnick, Robert Hilburn, Paul McCartney, Jonathen Gould
| Halla Back
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Books always make great gifts – and music books are especially good, since it’s easier to guess someone’s taste in music than in novels.
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The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World

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By Peter Guralnick
| Bookreporter Talks To
As the third volume in Peter Guralnick’s triptych covering the life and times of Elvis Presley, THE COLONEL AND THE KING arrives bearing weighty expectations. His previous bios about Elvis, LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS and CARELESS LOVE, were award-winning tomes that were hailed by music historians and top-shelf review media alike --- in droves.
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The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership That Rocked the World

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By Peter Guralnick
| Library Journal Verified
. Aug. 2025. 752p. ISBN 9780316399449. $38. BIOG COPY ISBN Guralnick follows up his previous two crowd-pleasing Elvis biographies, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love, with a much-needed, myth-busting biography of Colonel Tom Parker (1909–97), Elvis’s longtime manager.
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