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Although he has a sizable cut of Presley's estimated $2,000,000 a year income, Parker still clings to his carny ways. Once when Elvis appeared at Dallas' Cotton Bowl, Hollywood friends found Manager Parker near the main gate, selling Presley-autographed photos. His explanation: "Don'...
Cash in Advance. With Elvis just discharged from the Army and hotter than a radioactive yam-his new record, Stuck on You, is boiling with sales, and shooting began last week on his new movie, G.I. Blues-Parker is busier than ever filling out deposit slips. This week on ABC...
Horsehair Curls. It was Presley who came to Parker: by 1955 the Colonel (the title, he claims, is an honor conferred on him by several Governors) was the top manager in the country-music field. Elvis then had little more than a guitar and an inguinocutaneous tremor-"Who is Parsley...
Many big-time singers cut up to eight records a year. Fearing overexposure, Parker drew the line at three. Nevertheless RCA has signed Elvis to a rumored $1,000,000, ten-year contract, now depends on Elvis for an estimated 10% of its business. The Colonel promotes unstintingly. As in...
But he will not do just anything for money. When Elvis was drafted, one sharpie offered Parker a $500,000 guarantee if he would okay the sale of packets of horsehair as wisps clipped from the singer by military barbers. Parker said no. On the other hand, he also refused...