@@allenf.5907 I would agree that the colonel needed Elvis more than Elvis needed him!! It's not the colonel's fault that Elvis died young. It's NOT!!! I am an addict and alcoholic and I've been in recovery for a few 24 hours. By the grace of God!!! Elvis left this world way too soon of his own demise for the most part. And I assure you, I loved Elvis Presley!!! We just can't blame the colonel for everything.
I strongly believe Elvis would still be alive today had it not been for the Colonel's personal greed. The 1973 Hawaii special was Elvis's last great triumph, a challenge he exceeded. For the next 5 years, it was back to the same cities... the same stages...the same crowds. Elvis died of terminal apathy...he simply did not care any more.
Years later he came clean about evreything...he settled in a lawsuit against him..he got payed 5.000.000,and that was the last time he ever had anything to do with te presleys...ofcourse he spend it all on the blackjack table.. he was just a parasite
The Colonel held Elvis back from becoming even bigger, going on world tours and doing more interviews. Colonel Tom Parker pushed Elvis to the very edge, pressuring him to do more and more shows, to keep throwing him up on stage no matter how bad his health was. Some people say Elvis died of Drugs, But what really killed him was Colonel Tom Parker!
Kept him from good interviews, movies that he wanted to do that could have been oscar worthy and touring the world to see his other fans outside of the U.S. His greed probably broke his joy and spirit. Just saw the movie and it breaks my heart. You touched so many hearts and lives. He couldn't take that from you. Greatest entertainer of all time. ❤ ELVIS
AGREE... HATE HATE HATE!!! THIS MF.....!!!!! NO ONE, should let Elvis go up on stage when he whas so ill as last preformance (unchained melody), NO ONE!!!!!!! 🤬 Love U Elvis ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@bravesoul5743 had it not been for "Tom Parker", Elvis would have been back in Memphis, driving an electrical company delivery truck. Given his propensity for very young girls who hadn't given birth, Elvis would have been divorced four or five times, locked up occasionally for failure to pay child support. Despite everything Elvis could do to waste money, e.g., give away jewelry that cost more than he made from a show, buying everybody a jet ... when he was close to broke ... Elvis never had a year when he didn't make money. More correctly, Parker made him work enough to make a profit. re: movies, Elvis was offered the role Glen Campbell took in TRUE GRIT. Elvis insisted on billing above John Wayne, other things that were impossible. He didn't dare get away from the formula that always worked. He could have fired Parker at an second, they had no written contract. Vernon recognized the truth, Parker was the man who created Elvis.
@@ledearn so Parker gave Elvis his name? No. Looks? No. Legendary singing voice? No. His dance skill? No. If Parker didn't manage Elvis, someone else would have.
@@Limpopulaire wo sind die Englischen Bands in den 70s gewesen??? Elvis hat alles überlebt. So eine Fucking Aussage🤣 So,uns jetzt mal mal Google Übersetzer an,weil Du keine anderen Sprachen kannst. Ich kann Englisch.... Du kannst nix
I just came here after watching the movie Elvis. I wanted to see the interviews with Colonel Tom Parker. He sounds so cold in this one. Looks like Tom Hanks played his character really well.
@@playingwithrami yeah…I also felt the same after watching this video. But I was okay with it while watching the movie. That accent fits the character though ut does not match with that of the real Tom Parker.
@@playingwithrami it makes more sense to me that he didn’t have a very strong accent, because he was claiming to be a west virginia native for most of his life. I was confused watching the movie how nobody had realized his accent was not consistent with the midwest united states lmao
Elvis may still be alive if he hadn't met the faker colonel. Elvis was. Work of God. Stunning looking-. Incredible Talent.. charisma. Big heated. Big heart. Loved his parents so much. Their will Never be another one like him. Ever. A voice like liquid gold. RIP you Beautiful Soul 💕
I read a comment out there ,if it wasn't for Colonel Parker Elvis would not have been what he was without C Parker. And he would still be alive. something like that. Wow to the person that wrote that , you have your opinion and you're entitled to it. Colonel Parker was a fake the entire time. And Elvis did not know it. If he could have toured around the world , alone that would have made himv happy and he would still been alive just from that. But the dumbass colonel Parker couldn't go out of the states. Therefore he should have been fired. Elvis then should had fired that fat sob,and God ...y another manager. Because there were a lot of great managers in the seventies. Elvis already Was famous through the 50s and 60s. When he made his 68 come back. He arranged at himself along with someone else I can't remember the name. Colonel Parker wanted a Christmas show. Come on a Christmas show on your first appearance in 10 years. I laughed. Elvis did the right thing , Elvis 68 special comeback ,and he killed it. Right there and then he should have took on a new manager. Elvis would have still been alive fans would have been screaming etc.
My grandfather knew Tom Parker (when he was the former dog catcher in Tampa Florida) and he disliked him a lot. Grandpa said he wouldn't trust Tom Parker with his worst hunting dog.
This guyś claim to fame is Elvis. Granted he made a few good decisions that helped Elvis but ultimately worked Elvis into the ground. One of many reasons why Elvis took drugs was so that he could maintain the insane number of concerts the Colonel demanded him to do. Often times he had to do extra concerts to make up for the Colonels gambling debts. A real piece of work this dork is.
The thing about Elvis is that he was a sweet, innocent soul who loved unconditionally, without limits. He died, in a very real sense, because he refused to betray those he loved, even as they betrayed him. :(
I agree he couldn’t rest because he was TCB for not only him self but all his friends and family. He had to keep working so all those people didn’t have to get real jobs to earn a living!!!
Just look at Parker's expression throughout this interview. No warmth, no friendliness, he's just cold, calculating. The word 'asshole' is written all over his face.
@@mr.patrickaloysiusbartholo4727 Mr. Presley couldn’t even leave the country bc this old fat fool wasn’t a citizen & he didn’t want to get thrown in jail!
@@Patrick19833 I think he meant New Years Eve 1976 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena? I got dragged to that show against my will, but now, I'm glad that I went.
Elvis was a shining beacon that shined so bright that no matter what was in front of him he would have become famous either way. His talent and ground-breaking methods would eventually materialise into stardom with or without a manager.
@@lyndonbarsten393 Correct. He didn't have a US passport and was afraid to be away from his golden goose lest someone whisper in Elvis' ear about his mismanagement.
@@thomasandersen2938 He did. He just believed the colonel when he told them it it was too hard. Robert Plant, of all people,.opened Elvis'eyes about touring overseas and letting him know Tom Parker was feeding him BS. Look it up.
Not forgetting that Colonel Parker was getting 50% of Elvis's earnings. This is the epitome of greed as far as I am concerned. What type of agents get that amount of money from their artists????
Well, Marvin, I have been considering this logically and unemotionally over the past few days after seeing the new Elvis Presley movie. How many of us in the general public know the details of the business relationship that Elvis shared with Parker for so many years? Was Elvis so weak and timid that he allowed himself to be abused and used for years on end? He had no cojones to stand up for himself? I don't think so. That does not speak well of Elvis. Not any sort of "King." Let's suppose two men decide to start a business partnership to create a new business together. Like Hewlett and Packard. It is by nature a 50/50 partnership, where they share equally the expenses and rewards. They are equal partners in the arrangement. Not the typical agent/client relationship. The typical run of theatrical agents may charge only 10 or 15 percent of the celebrity's income as a fee for certain services like booking shows, doing publicity, arranging for travel, negotiating with producers, etc. But then they usually have an agency with a number of other clients. So the artist or talent may only pay ten or fifteen percent of his income, but he then he may only get ten to fifteen percent of the agent's time and attention, if that. Brian Epstein charged the Beatles 25 percent, but he represented a roster of other artists also from whom he collected money. The Beatles did not get his full time and attention. But even so, when he died, they did not last long managing themselves as a group did they? The band broke up soon after. So would the Beatles have broke as big as they did without Brian Epstein's unique knowledge and talents? Hard to say. So I think the Colonel Parker/Elvis Presley relationship was a unique and rare one in the entertainment world. Certainly not typical. I think when they formed their partnership they decided to go big and shoot for the moon, to make Presley the biggest thing in show business, a superstar, not a minor celebrity. Which they succeeded at, maybe way above their wildest dreams. But to achieve that they both agreed to give the project their full time and attention, to pull out all the stops and go for broke. Elvis Presley got Parker's full time and attention as his agent. But 50 percent of nothing is nothing. If Elvis had flopped, Parker would have been destitute probably, at least for a while. Anyway, that is the thoughts I have had about it. I have decided not to join the Col. Parker lynch mob. But I lived in Memphis for a number of years back in the 60's. I did not know Presley or Parker or have any connections with them. But I know the city and am interested in Memphis music, etc. Which is why I write all this, I suppose.
What the hell was that accent Tom Hanks did for the Colonel if THIS was how he really talked? One of the greatest actors of our lifetime and he gives us Goldmember.
Colonel Tom Parker's real name was Andreas Cornelis (Dries) van Kuijk. He was born in the Netherlands and illegally immigrated to the U.S. at age 20. He was wanted by Dutch authorities for suspicion of murder. He worked hard to lose his Dutch accent, and avoided most interviews for that very reason. This interview was done much later in his life and by that time he had nearly perfected his 'American' English. Like everything else about him, his American accent was fake. Google is your friend.
"yesh Elvish, i am your fajar"......hey Goldmember !, is exactly right, i was thinking that as i watched the movie.....good film tho, proper roller coaster ride.fair do,s to him for doing this interview tho, but you dont know if hes being honest or lying, sign of a good manager i guess.does anyone know where Parker is buried
I think Tom Hanks could have nailed the accent we hear in this clip if he wanted too. There was a good bit of artistic liberty taken throughout the movie, seems that's where Hanks went with it, a emphasis on the Dutch accent. During this interview there are moments where you can hear that Dutch accent, Hanks just used those moments for the entire script, maybe trying to portray him more for what he was rather than what he was trying to cover up
I’m sure he did it on purpose, but Hanks accent didn’t sound close to being Dutch 😂. It was a cartoony villain accent with a bit of German thrown in there. But yeah non-dutch people won’t care anyways. It fit Luhrmans chaotic style.
@@loreninavloggingcup I appreciate the perspective of one who is familiar with the accent...and you nailed it by pointing out that there was some "villian" in that accent
@@villll agreed very sharp observation. That’s the thing about a good con man, they are masters of psychology. I’ve been in a relationship with one and once I thought I had figured him out, he was just using some other “look over here” tactic that I never saw coming. He tore me to shreds and had me apologizing to him. He was very good at being very bad.
I am Brazilian and since I was a child I like Elvis and I always look for new information about his life. I didn't see much about Parker other than a few films, but we can see that he was a blood-sucker from Elvis! Unfortunately Elvis is no longer with us to tell and express his feelings but he is very much alive in his art! Every time I hear or watch a vibrating show as if I were watching it live! Parker must be answerable for what he did to the King of Rock!
Do u think he felt some sort of weird obligation maybe he didn't like confrontation so Elvis just kept going along w blind faith ? Idk I am just learning more of Elvis and the ppl around him
@@82566 he stuck with the colonel. Because Elvis thought he got me this far. I'll keep him. Actually if he dump the colonel he would have been better off. He put him in crappy movies.( Because they made money) He never toured outside the country because the colonel couldn't leave the country. Barbara Streisand wanted him to be in" a star is born.". Colonel didn't like the idea so that never happened. Elvis wanted to sing Dolly's song.( I will always love you) but the colonel wanted half the rights to the song. Dolly said no. Don't blame her. The last contract he signed with Elvis he got HALF of what Elvis made.
@@shyba2011 and he also feared that if Elvis left the country he would find a better manager and Elvis tried too fire the colonel but he came up with a very detailed list of the things that Elvis owed him (transport etc) wich came down too about 10Million but Elvis didn’t have that money at the time when he should’ve but most of it went too toms gambling addiction and Elvis’s flashy lifestyle so he took him back
There is a story about the colonel that goes like this. When he was a young man in Holland, where he hailed from, he was known as a bit of a flashy dresser as he used to get about town wearing a yellow raincoat, a bit of a trademark look. There was a young woman he was seeing who was last seen alive with a man that resembled the colonel and he was wearing a yellow raincoat. The Police went on a search for the Man in the yellow rain coat but didn't find him. . .On the same night this woman that was apparently murdered, the colonel went missing. He left his home in Holland, without telling friends or family, and somehow he made it to the USA, where he wound up working as a Carney. His friends and family never heard from him again till one night his sister saw him on TV. The story goes that the real reason the Colonel never left the USA or applied for citizenship or would never let Elvis travel, except for the stint in the army, was because he feared that Interpol would intercept him and interrogate him as to why he left Holland in such a hurry...I found this story on the internet when I was writing a paper on Elvis Presley, if you search Colonel Tom Parker Its out there somewhere on the web.
Do you have a source for this? I heard he was implicated in a murder in the USA too. A woman found murdered behind a greengrocer he worked for. But I'm not sure if these are just heresy and whatever
My parents were dutch and I grew up in the dutch community. I instantly recognized his dutch accent and his "dutch" way of speaking. "Colonel Tom Parker?"...belachelijk!
I'm here from the future. Elon Musk is emporer of the world and Trump is vice emporer. Oh, and Elvis is back from the dead...and the world is such a dystopia that no one is even thrilled...except me (about Elvis). So that's why I'm here...
I can not comment on what I dont know about. As decent of a person Elvis was, and I can say that by seeing him in concert videos and a small portion of interviews and realizing how much he was devoted to his fans of which I am a big one. I really hope Col. Parker did the right thing concerning Elvis's livelyhood and sanity. I heard many of the Memphis maphias comments being negative towards Parker, and if they are true then I would hate to be Parker while standing in front of our maker!
I heard from one of the Memphis mafia. Can't remember his name. He was on CZcams. He saw Colonel Parker blow a million in an HR. Disgusting. I felt bad at the end for Elvis. So heartbreaking 💔
He had a deal with the casino, he brought them Elvis so he only had to pay .50 cents on the dollar for every thing he lost. So if he lost a million he only had to come up with 500,000
I read that he was not a US citizen. He entered illegally from the Netherlands and he helped other artists with their careers. It wasn't until years later that his true identity and background came to the surface. He was a very good business con artist. I imagine Elvis wanted to do some things that would have made him just as famous but the Colonel held him back. He definitely used Elvis for his own gain.
He did not want elvis to sing in the ghetto ,even thoe elvis did it glad elvis sang it to proove what is going on and sadly it is still going on.I am not sure if colonel was rascit or not
@@olubukonla7352 It is true well on the song ,elvis grew up in the ghetto .You should read his biography on his childhood really sad but he end up going to gospel church and he liked it.
What really makes me angry with this man is that he was taking ALL of the money from souvenirs,tee shirts, posters and concert stuff!! This represents far more money than E. was earning, plus he had ALL of the publishing royalties from the songs!! I never ever have even heard of such a huge rip off from an Artist!
No he wasn't! Parker negotiated a 50-50 split on merchandising with Elvis and Elvis was fine with that. As far as his manager fee he got the standard 25% which was the norm at that time for managers.
@Elle Marie Priscilla really was and still is his angel walking on earth..keeping his legacy alive, fulfilling dreams that he could not live while he was here, taking care of Graceland and more...
This is the guy who walked in Elvis room in vegas and Elvis had his head in bucket of ice water cause he wasn't well and Tom Parker said all that matters tonight is Elvis to be on that stage nothing else matters.
He was a piece of shit of the worst sort, a criminal and a thieving liar, I don’t know what he had over Elvis’s head for Elvis to keep putting up with his endless control of him, Elvis wouldn’t stand up to the old bastard and neither would Vernon, I to this day am still baffled by the dynamics of that whole relationship/deal between them 🙁
After seeing the ELVIS movie and Tom Hank's portrayal of this man I wanted to see the real guy. Hank's portrayed a plastic, controlling , odd ball of a man. In an eight minute interview it would seem he nailed this man who was all about money and control of one of the greatest entertainers of all time
@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES Did Elvis tell you this? Yes he was a shy man but he did do interviews and plenty of them in the 50s so nothing like he didn't want to. Look at the publicity Ali got due to interviews and how loved they are !! That could have been E or if he felt comfortable at Graceland why not film there. So much we didn't get a chance to see cause of that prick. If Elvis caught on in the army that he was an illegal immigrate then I can assure you that he'd be Still alive today or just passed, not 45 years ago. It wasn't the Yes men/MM that he had to keep going it was that bastard. 50% it's unbelievable when you think of it. If it was me I'd turn to drugs if I had no way out from this dick of a manager. Play in Vegas, never leave the country, have shite songs and movies but if you leave me ill send you a bill that will cripple you. It was a lose/lose for Elvis unless he took him to court but by the mid 70s he knew he wasn't in his prime anymore and the world wide fans missed that by about 4 years, I just gave up
gargois1 look, there’s two sides to every story. Without the colonel promoting elvis and getting him on popular shows in the 50’s ,would elvis have ever got the attention of the mainstream media?
Christopher W. Petro He held him back cause he was an illegal alien, plus he was a sick gambler who took 50 percent of his success ! Elvis could have done better on his own, he had the talent 👍🏻
Jailhouse Rock is a great film.....Elvis should have toured Europe, Elvis was a good actor, looked amazing on film....Parker stifled Elvis and he turned down big hits , because the Colonel wanted more royalties ...
Why in the hell did they have Tom Hanks do such a crazy accent in the movie? The real Colonel Parker sounded nothing like the way Hanks portrayed him in the movie.
In my opinion Elvis outgrew the colonel. The perfect time for elvis to have left the colonel and gone on a world tour would have been after the ‘68 comeback special. Saying that, if elvis had left the colonel, would he have such a legendary infatuation with Las Vegas. Elvis made Las Vegas the biggest party showman’s town on earth. Remember people there are always two sides to every story!!! Long live king Elvis !!!!
Making the International Hotel a homebase for Elvis and his army of musicians was a stroke of genius! Aloha from Hawaii as well. But those movies... Cant watch 'm..
Knowing what we truly know now the Col hurt Elvis Presley the man more than he ever helped him. He is a liar & a crook that only cared about himself. Elvis forever felt he owed the Col so he couldn't break away. If he would have toured Europe or Asia the sky would have been the limit for Elvis & that boy could act when he had the chance like in his earlier movies. Sad thing is the world will never see how Elvis could have been. I miss him.
HAHA. Oh yeah. Elvis was such a miserable failure because of Parker. He could have been a much bigger star (really?). First, I loved Elvis. But the guy could not act his way out of a wet paper bag. He was horrible, even in those God-awful cookie cutter movies that were created around him. And again, not to take away from Elvis, but good management makes all the difference in the music world. Elvis was playing holes before Parker got a hold on him, and Parker pulled him out. Yes, Parker was a sleazebag, but you gotta give the devil his due. He did a heck of a job with Elvis. As far as his happiness, a drug problem can for sure make you an unhappy camper, and the person not even know it. Elvis is who made Elvis unhappy.
I cannot believe that this man, obviously so close to death, could still be spouting such a pack of lies. He robbed from Elvis, kept him from being the great artist he could have been and manipulated him into an early grave. NO ONE is more responsible for the wasted talent of Elvis Presley through most of the 60's (the comeback special and 1969 being the exceptions) and all of that touring in the 1970's. Elvis wanted to tour more? That's a laugh. If he ever said that to Parker it was because he had allowed himself to become a puppet to Parker's puppeteering and was being made to say and probably believe it. If only the people around Elvis had the balls to tell him that, he may be still around today.
Yes, Dolly's and Whitney Houston's later version were by far the best versions of that song. Dolly is a smart lady who had already had a huge country hit with that song. I don't think she would have bowed to the Colonel's demands for anything.
You are quite right except for one thing. I believe that Presley would NOT have had a number one HOT 100 hit with "I Will Always Love You". That would not have happened. It was a song so strongly identified with Dolly at that time, he would not have gotten away with it. He may have been able to have recorded so many other artists songs and have had many people fall all over him for doing so but not this one. Elvis' "Burning Love" was his last No. 1 and that was largely because it was a return of the Elvis of old that mainly recorded songs that were written for him and no one else. "I Will Always Love You" hardly qualified as that.
Elvis also wanted to tour Germany and Europe to pay respect to some shoulders but Colonel Parker said no. Another thing is that Tom Parker told Me. Presley that he was getting his U.S. passport, but didn't get it while Elvis was alive. He also didn't treat Elvis as a human being but rather treating him like a circus show.
Remember that he was a showman for the local carnival before he met him which is the reason why for so many years throught his career he held Elvis back from doing a worldwide tour instead making up bullshit reasons that his fans would become violent and rowdy for security purposes in actually he had to keep his 5 year Las Vegas contract together
@@CrossOfBayonne Look closer towards Parker's immigration status, he never got his U.S. passport though he could've fixed that issue with a phone call to Lynden B. Johnson.
I think the last question says it all. Turns it all about him and how only he can keep name of Elvis alive, not that he was the greatest entertainer ever or a musical enigma.
"The Colonel" was looking out for himself. He deprived Elvis of doing things he longed to do...like perform in other countries where he was loved (England, Japan, etc). What really killed me is that Elvis wanted to be an actor, not a joke! It was his dream to be taken seriously as an actor. Instead, selfish, greedy Tom Parker went for the "gold" -- for himself!!
Youre right, he fled without leaving a note, gave a false name and many years later he was recognized by his Dutch family when he showed up in pictures standing next to Elvis. Beside that he wasnt a colonel of any kind.
Parker tried to hide his Dutch upbringing by explaining that his accent was a Southern accent (he once lied about his childhood by claiming that he was born in Huntington, West Virginia).
Sometime back in the 70's, around the time Elvis was extremely bored and in need of new challenges, Japan offered millions of dollars for Elvis to perform there. Instead of jumping at the chance, Parker turned it down cold, possibly because of his illigal alien status. Who knows, maybe if a Japan tour had worked out, that might have helped Elvis' career. All Elvis did was tour the United States. That must have gotten old after a while.
Tom Hanks was enigmatic, but confident playing Colonel Parker and oversaw almost every aspect in The King’s life in the new Elvis biopic, which changed my life in many ways after I enjoyed watching it last night.
I agree that the movie was fantastic!!! I have heard other people say it changed their life! I am curious what you mean by it changed your life. Best regards ~
@@mbrights3158 Changed my life in many ways since - 2018’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Freddie Mercury and Queen) - 2019’s “Rocketman” (Elton John), - 2014’s “Love & Mercy" (Beach Boys) - two Beatles films: “Yellow Submarine” and the two part documentary “Get Back” as well as - watching a press conference on Bob Dylan from 1965 - reading a bio book about Janis Joplin - visiting the early roots of Frank Sinatra in Hoboken - and growing up while listening to various albums of famous jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Bill Evans and Tony Bennett among others
Michel van Gorp prive kanaal hij loog over zijn afkomst ! Hij was een geboren Hollander maar hij heeft dat nooit toegeven , Elvis heeft nooit buiten usa getoerd omdat colonel dan niet meer het land inkwam
Les secrets dévoilés Elvis had the talent he didn’t need Parker , besides I’m sure there were other managers out there that would have done Elvis right.
@@lisap3344 I don t talk about the elvis talent but the talent of parker ( he came from holland ) . Parker was the elvis of the management. How many elvis ? And If elvis don t sign the contract ( 7 years ) for play in all this movie , he never could survive to the incredible big wave of the english and american pop of the 60 ' . The truth , he was saved by his silly movies in the 60'. Thank so much to the colonel .
The Colonel stunted Elvis's growth as an artist and Elvis sadly knew it, but he was too afraid to tell Parker to eff off. I believe he was genuinely afraid of Parker. Elvis was too much of a nice guy and that may have been his downfall in the long run. Similar to Andy Gibb, another sensitive talent lost too soon. Elvis Presley and Andy Gibb are two classic examples of what happens when the business gets you and you don't get the business. Andy and Elvis simply weren't strong enough to deal with the dark side of showbiz. Shame. RIP, Elvis and Andy. You two will never be forgotten and your legacies will live on forever. RIH, Parker (Rot in Hell, Parker)
@@blindmelonstubbly Of all the rumors that came out of Graceland, most i don't believe. The one about Parker having something on Elvis ,, I do ! One was that when Elvis became somebody he liked to bang upper class beauties that once snubbed him when he was poor and that Colonel Tom Parker ( born in Holland with the name Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk ) had film evidence of him with an underage one .
Elvis never did any concerts outside of the United States and that's because of Tom Parker who came to United States Illegal and was afraid he would not get back into the country.
" Joe Hazen recognized early that Parker, who became more like a spiteful armed guard than an amicable shepherd, possessed him. If Elvis had a lawyer on his own, there would have been no Parker No lawyer would've permitted parker to take over a client like he did"(A.Nash).
Everyone says Parker drove him to do these concerts at the end. Also kept Elvis from traveling outside U.S. because there was a warrant for his arrest in his native Netherlands
He was a cold man who when Elvis died told others it was business as usual, and he wore a Hawaiian shirt at his funeral and stood by the front door the whole time, cold feeling arse.
He was a greedy mother........ He made sure Elvis was pumped up and ready to go with or without drugs. Elvis didn't need him anyway....his talent would have taken him anywhere.
Thanks for posting this great video. I am from Holland and had the chance to meet and talk with the Colonel in 1993 in Vegas. he still spoke Dutch! By the way he never earned 75% of Elvis' earnings. He made 25%. In 1969 he signed a contract with Elvis to split 50% of merchandisings profits, not over recordsales or concerts.
It was good for Elvis in the beginning, because of the lack of promoters and managers in that day. In 60s , things changed, Parker should have been shown the door. Elvis was loyal man and a Mommas boy. He believed that everyone should take care of him, that he was close to. Just as he did for many people. Parker and his father was the death of him. He was their mule for money. Elvis was a good hearted man and a Great! man overall. Inside he was just a southern little boy with a huge heart and a talent out of this world.
parker only cared about parker and gambling debts. at time just before death he screwed elvis over contract with RCA and when all was said and done Elvis ended up with about 10 % after parker and RCA got done with the contract. also parker on the day of death had Vernon sign a royalty contract for 85% to go to him and 15 % went to estate. if that is not a screwing what is and RCA was as bad as parker because they were in cahoots with parker all the way for years and if elvis ever got what he had coming to him then he never would of worried about money like he did. Elvis dad Vernon was the patsy for parker because he was so tight and ignorant to hillbilly ways that parker got to him so he would make Elvis sign these contracts with parker.
The So called Colonel held Elvis back from touring the World, What a Shame! Elvis was and Still is the Worlds Biggest Entertainer has ever seen. And Elvis has that Title never leaving America! That's the POWER OF THE KING!!!!
My commentary is based on some publicity/promotion experience: In the beginning, Parker was ideal for Elvis. Innovative, shrewd, creative & relentless. Brian Epstein consulted Parker before bringing The Beatles to America to understand the security required. The old man was sharp. His deals for E in those early days were deals no artist was getting. A million dollars for an hour concert? In those days that was unheard of. The Hawaiian Concert was beamed by satellite worldwide to over a billion people & that was in the early 70's. No artist played to a billion people or even commanded that attention. BUT...the Colonel was selfish. Elvis was kept from big pay days & an even developing a bigger reputation. He was not exposed to the best songwriters. He was offered parts in True Grit (by John Wayne himself), Midnight Cowboy, A Star is Born (from Barbra Streisand herself). He was approached by artists like Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Paul McCartney to play and/or record with them. Nothing. He didn't even join his close friends on record late in his career: Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins. He supposedly was approached by Bobby Darin to sing with him in concert. In the early 70's a management conglomerate out of Chicago made offers to buy Elvis' contract & bring him to Atlantic Records. Nothing. Of course, we all know now why Elvis never performed in Europe/Australia. The Colonel was an illegal alien (oops...undocumented person) Offers to perform overseas -- all turned down. The only time Elvis stood up was during the '68 Comeback Special. The Colonel wanted all Christmas songs. Instead, producer Steve Binder helped fortify the argument that Elvis needed to perform before a live audience. The what-if's are too numerous to mention. In the later years -- 1967-8 -- the Colonel should have been showed the exit. But no one had the experience or the balls. Elvis should have had more allies in Hollywood / Nashville by the musicians / actors who were determined to GET him into their projects. It would have been all different. Elvis would have had a viable challenge again & his fame would have gone to another level. He probably would have recorded an all blues album with the finest black blues artists in the business. Not all the blame should be on Colonel Parker -- but, the blame does begin with him. Greed. Elvis was stifled -- live concerts became the same creative prison as his late stale formula movies. (which he himself called travelogues). He should have listened to more Leonard Cohen, John Prine, Tom Waits & Dylan. He should have avoided songs that charted for other artists. It seems he started to: I was flabbergasted when he did James Taylor's "Steamroller Blues" in the Hawaiian Concert. One of the best songs he ever did.
Very doubtful that Aloha from Hawaii was seen by a billion people. That number was given by the con man Parker 4 months before the concert & everybody just keeps quoting the figure. It was available to a billion people so if every TV set was tuned to Aloha in every country where it was beamed (40 nations, I think) then 1 billion people tuned in. Not to take anything away from the event, it was a spectacular achievement & EP was probably the only single artist that could have done it.
Keith Glimmer - Sorry for the long response, but you may find some of my commentary interesting at best: Your info was gleamed probably from published unsubstantiated tales from an Alan Hanson piece or Susan Doll book on the myths of Elvis. But, Elvis' own Marty Lacker addressed it diplomatically: "The day after the show we were sitting in the suite in the Hilton Hawaiian Village when the Colonel arrived with a Japanese newspaper that stated that 98% of the Japanese households that had TV watched the show. When Lagenestra (President of RCA) and the Colonel said,"Worldwide" they used that term to denote that it would be viewed in countries in the world other than the U.S., certainly there were places it wasn't seen, nothing has ever been shown in every single part of the world. As for the "First" in regards to an entertainment show via Satellite,it was in many ways and it was also the first show done on RCA/NBC's satellite. To try to minimize Elvis' historic outstanding performance 33 years later by someone who might not have even been born then or if he was might have not been aware enough to witness the true worldwide impact..." Suffice it to say, it was the largest audience in history by any artist especially for its time." - Marty Lacker Now Wikipedia (can we rely on that source? I doubt it) is inserting a fact that the "Guinness Book of World Records" reports that Michael Jackson's Super Bowl XXVII Halftime holds the record for the largest TV audience for a performance with 133.4 million viewers. Really? A captive Super Bowl FOOTBALL audience? Are we forgetting that the majority of the viewers -- 133.4 million -- were actually tuned into what? The Super Bowl? And that figure for 1993 is pretty paltry. These viewers didn't tune in exclusively to watch a Michael Jackson concert. Now, MJ did attract large audience in his day -- but to say that audience was HIS is quite inaccurate. Football fans tuning in at home don't turn their sets off because the Half Time show is on. When the "world" tuned into Elvis' Aloha from Hawaii there was no Super Bowl bonus audience tuned in. Those numbers tuned in to watch Elvis and Elvis alone despite the technology & in 1993 it was even being better than 1977. Many more families had televisions, as well as, bars and restaurants not to mention Pay Per View and reruns on HBO. As usual these bloggers/writers never compare apples to apples. It's let's try and de-mystify Elvis as much as possible. These are people who have no clue what the music business was like before Elvis in the 1950's because after Elvis it became an industry. No one asked Elvis to do a half-time show for the Super Bowl....because he wouldn't have done it, and he alone would have been too expensive even for them. Entertainers today need to do a venue like the Super Bowl to get that audience they probably wouldn't get otherwise. Look how many of your "super stars" today are failing, concerts cancelled, half-filled, poor shows. Two weeks ago the biggest act to take the stage in England at that big Glastonbury fest was Dolly Parton. Sends a message doesn't it? These bloggers/writers would probably answer me by saying "yes, the majority went to see her for her tits." But they'd be wrong. I do respect how you wrote your comment Keith -- it was civil and respectable. But the source of your information -- those two writers I mentioned who stated that Aloha figures were questionable -- are just not reliable sources. They substantiated nothing. Even if the figures were inaccurate, they would still be figures far larger than anything for a single entertainer. It was broadcast via satellite -- fact -- worldwide -- that's a fact -- they didn't do that for just anyone in 1977. In the real world, we know what Elvis achieved, how much he sold, how long his legacy has lasted and how much it influenced others. That's not myth. And that concert, if you see it today, was spectacular. I would've have liked to have seen him move it more, shake it more. But, he didn't want to offend any countries so he kept it low key. Even low key -- Elvis delivered. He didn't need smoke machines, laser beams, two hundred sexy half-naked female dancers behind him, or muscular back-up male dancers supporting him and huge helium balloons flying over the audience. He needed none of it. I don't see that today, except for maybe a Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits and Bob Dylan. Because they too....their concerts are about them, We go to see them. Not the extravaganza or needing a Super Bowl audience. Time for a beer......
John LaStrada one simple fact most people miss. Elvis worshipped the ground Parker walked on, he was the single most important person in his life beyond his family. He wasn't in any legally binding contract with Parker as non of thier contracts were legal as Parker was not even supposed to be living in America. Elvis knew this and tried everything in his power to stop him from being deported
Tom Parker needed Elvis more than Elvis needed him!
Exactly.
@@allenf.5907 I would agree that the colonel needed Elvis more than Elvis needed him!!
It's not the colonel's fault that Elvis died young. It's NOT!!!
I am an addict and alcoholic and I've been in recovery for a few 24 hours.
By the grace of God!!!
Elvis left this world way too soon of his own demise for the most part.
And I assure you, I loved Elvis Presley!!!
We just can't blame the colonel for everything.
@@fh346
Good luck… how you doing?
@@obsolise8063 I'm GOOD Thank You.😉
@@fh346 Some of the blame most certainly goes to Parker! He took advantage of Elvis, Big Time! He's lying here.
I strongly believe Elvis would still be alive today had it not been for the Colonel's personal greed. The 1973 Hawaii special was Elvis's last great triumph, a challenge he exceeded. For the next 5 years, it was back to the same cities... the same stages...the same crowds. Elvis died of terminal apathy...he simply did not care any more.
HE BOXED ELVIS IN💣💥
Blanca Honey how beautiful ❤️ ly TRUE
I have a change of heart I might see the new Elvis movie it's in theaters now
@@geraldlewis8272 It was a great movie! Worth seeing in the theaters.
Years later he came clean about evreything...he settled in a lawsuit against him..he got payed 5.000.000,and that was the last time he ever had anything to do with te presleys...ofcourse he spend it all on the blackjack table.. he was just a parasite
The Colonel held Elvis back from becoming even bigger, going on world tours and doing more interviews. Colonel Tom Parker pushed Elvis to the very edge, pressuring him to do more and more shows, to keep throwing him up on stage no matter how bad his health was. Some people say Elvis died of Drugs, But what really killed him was Colonel Tom Parker!
Facts
Plus the fact that Elvis gave it his all on stage for his fans was insane.
Yes exactly
Exactly truth
Parker couldn't go overseas because he wasn't a citizen and couldn't get a passport
Kept him from good interviews, movies that he wanted to do that could have been oscar worthy and touring the world to see his other fans outside of the U.S. His greed probably broke his joy and spirit. Just saw the movie and it breaks my heart. You touched so many hearts and lives. He couldn't take that from you. Greatest entertainer of all time. ❤ ELVIS
AGREE... HATE HATE HATE!!! THIS MF.....!!!!!
NO ONE, should let Elvis go up on stage when he whas so ill as last preformance (unchained melody), NO ONE!!!!!!! 🤬
Love U Elvis ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@chrissimpson6701 Yes, it was very heartbreaking to watch. He's still the greatest entertainer of all time. He couldn't take that from him
Why did Elvis tour so much?
@@chrissimpson6701 How did Parker kill Elvis?
@@welllivedlife-desireeg2804 You do know Elvis movie is not 100% accurate on purpose?
Elvis would have been a superstar with or without this man. Elvis was a phenomenon.
I agree!
@@bravesoul5743 had it not been for "Tom Parker", Elvis would have been back in Memphis, driving an electrical company delivery truck. Given his propensity for very young girls who hadn't given birth, Elvis would have been divorced four or five times, locked up occasionally for failure to pay child support. Despite everything Elvis could do to waste money, e.g., give away jewelry that cost more than he made from a show, buying everybody a jet ... when he was close to broke ... Elvis never had a year when he didn't make money. More correctly, Parker made him work enough to make a profit. re: movies, Elvis was offered the role Glen Campbell took in TRUE GRIT. Elvis insisted on billing above John Wayne, other things that were impossible. He didn't dare get away from the formula that always worked. He could have fired Parker at an second, they had no written contract. Vernon recognized the truth, Parker was the man who created Elvis.
@@ledearn never MADE another one did he😤😤😤
@@ledearn Non-sense !
@@ledearn so Parker gave Elvis his name? No. Looks? No. Legendary singing voice? No. His dance skill? No.
If Parker didn't manage Elvis, someone else would have.
When Elvis came back from the army, he should have said goodbye to the colonel.
You re wrong.
In the 60 ' , If elvis continue to made music like in the 50 ' , he never became elvis :
The english band killed him .
@@Limpopulaire wo sind die Englischen Bands in den 70s gewesen???
Elvis hat alles überlebt.
So eine Fucking Aussage🤣
So,uns jetzt mal mal Google Übersetzer an,weil Du keine anderen Sprachen kannst.
Ich kann Englisch....
Du kannst nix
@@oechslejens
I don t understand your language. In france we had a very bad remember of her
Totally agree
Agreed.
I just came here after watching the movie Elvis. I wanted to see the interviews with Colonel Tom Parker. He sounds so cold in this one. Looks like Tom Hanks played his character really well.
I just saw the movie today. He’s just an awful person. It’s a shame people like him exist
He played him well but why did he put on such a thick and strong accent? I don't hear it here but Hanks over did it
@@playingwithrami yeah…I also felt the same after watching this video. But I was okay with it while watching the movie. That accent fits the character though ut does not match with that of the real Tom Parker.
@@playingwithrami it makes more sense to me that he didn’t have a very strong accent, because he was claiming to be a west virginia native for most of his life. I was confused watching the movie how nobody had realized his accent was not consistent with the midwest united states lmao
@@playingwithrami I was thinking the same thing. Hanks sounded more like Goldfinger from the Bond movie than Col Parker in this interview.
Elvis may still be alive if he hadn't met the faker colonel. Elvis was. Work of God. Stunning looking-. Incredible Talent.. charisma. Big heated. Big heart. Loved his parents so much. Their will Never be another one like him. Ever. A voice like liquid gold. RIP you Beautiful Soul 💕
he may be alive, but in all likely he wouldn't have become the superstar he became if it weren't for Colonel Parker
LOL
Smoke another joint, baby
Also, a man of faith and very giving & generous. People like this take advantage of that.
Man shut up lol you just watched the movie and that’s the only perspective you got.
I read a comment out there ,if it wasn't for Colonel Parker Elvis would not have been what he was without C Parker. And he would still be alive. something like that. Wow to the person that wrote that , you have your opinion and you're entitled to it. Colonel Parker was a fake the entire time. And Elvis did not know it. If he could have toured around the world , alone that would have made himv happy and he would still been alive just from that. But the dumbass colonel Parker couldn't go out of the states. Therefore he should have been fired.
Elvis then should had fired that fat sob,and God ...y another manager. Because there were a lot of great managers in the seventies. Elvis already
Was famous through the 50s and 60s. When he made his 68 come back. He arranged at himself along with someone else I can't remember the name. Colonel Parker wanted a Christmas show. Come on a Christmas show on your first appearance in 10 years. I laughed. Elvis did the right thing , Elvis 68 special comeback ,and he killed it. Right there and then he should have took on a new manager. Elvis would have still been alive fans would have been screaming etc.
My grandfather knew Tom Parker (when he was the former dog catcher in Tampa Florida) and he disliked him a lot. Grandpa said he wouldn't trust Tom Parker with his worst hunting dog.
But Elvis did huh ---
@Pastor Paul D ))))
@@arneberg9072 Elvis was lost needed help. His father never stood and proved he was a man. Attack parker and ensure he was ok!!
Lol, I love it...glad u revealed this about this Yahoooooo!!! What a pig. Sad for Elvis 💝
Hummmm.....
This guyś claim to fame is Elvis. Granted he made a few good decisions that helped Elvis but ultimately worked Elvis into the ground. One of many reasons why Elvis took drugs was so that he could maintain the insane number of concerts the Colonel demanded him to do. Often times he had to do extra concerts to make up for the Colonels gambling debts. A real piece of work this dork is.
Geez. That’s sad
The drug problem started in the army recommended by his superiors.
No. Watch the movie. EP pushed himself hard! He loved performing and recording. Everyone was taking drugs!!!!!
@@elahda.2958 Wrong. Watch the movie. He was being given pills by a doctor before that while he was touring
@@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet The movie isn’t necessarily factual in that department.
I'm not a fan of how people continue to call him Colonel, that is a title of respect. This man never earned this title.
My thoughts exactly
You are right!
The thing about Elvis is that he was a sweet, innocent soul who loved unconditionally, without limits. He died, in a very real sense, because he refused to betray those he loved, even as they betrayed him. :(
I agree he couldn’t rest because he was TCB for not only him self but all his friends and family. He had to keep working so all those people didn’t have to get real jobs to earn a living!!!
Amen. You nailed it
Exactly- not only the fake colonel, but also Elvis’ greedy father who remarried some psycho woman which hurt Elvis very much.
TRUTHFUL words -, we all know that Elvis led with his heart
Just look at Parker's expression throughout this interview. No warmth, no friendliness, he's just cold, calculating. The word 'asshole' is written all over his face.
He's Dutch. Dutch people have a yard sale on their national day, as tradition, that sais a lot.
You got that right!
And that’s why he’s successful. He’s not a fucking Kindergarten teacher. He’s a success.
@@mr.patrickaloysiusbartholo4727 Mr. Presley couldn’t even leave the country bc this old fat fool wasn’t a citizen & he didn’t want to get thrown in jail!
I totally agree
Seen Elvis , in 1977 new years eve, great concert, but look tired,but his fans, always gave him strength...love him rest in peace.
Oh wait, you saw him on December 31st 1977??? How is that possible? He died on August 16 1977.
@@Patrick19833 Did he?
@@Patrick19833 I think he meant New Years Eve 1976 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena?
I got dragged to that show against my will, but now, I'm glad that I went.
@@kryptoncowboy He should have said 1976, not 1977. It makes me think he was talking about December 31st 1977.
This guy was the luckiest man ever and was criminally under prepared to represent a star, specially a mega star like the king.
His legacy is that of a fraud, con artist and of someone who financially abused not only elvis but elvis's family. Hardly lucky if you ask me
He did. Might not you or someone else would have but HE DID IT. 🤷♂️
Bingo!
Elvis was a shining beacon that shined so bright that no matter what was in front of him he would have become famous either way. His talent and ground-breaking methods would eventually materialise into stardom with or without a manager.
PARKER KILLED ELVIS WITH THE MONEY ELVIS MADE
AND STOLE IT
FHOLE
He also kept Elvis from touring the world, and Elvis refused movie offers because of Parker.
Because Parker wasn't a US citizen and was very likely a murderer in the Netherlands. So he was afraid to leave the US.
@@lyndonbarsten393 Correct. He didn't have a US passport and was afraid to be away from his golden goose lest someone whisper in Elvis' ear about his mismanagement.
@@lyndonbarsten393 elvis dint want to tour overseas
@@thomasandersen2938 He did. He just believed the colonel when he told them it it was too hard. Robert Plant, of all people,.opened Elvis'eyes about touring overseas and letting him know Tom Parker was feeding him BS. Look it up.
@George Gershwin Elvis wanted to be in The Godfather. There is no evidence he was ever considered. .
Not forgetting that Colonel Parker was getting 50% of Elvis's earnings. This is the epitome of greed as far as I am concerned. What type of agents get that amount of money from their artists????
Well, Marvin, I have been considering this logically and unemotionally over the past few days after seeing the new Elvis Presley movie. How many of us in the general public know the details of the business relationship that Elvis shared with Parker for so many years? Was Elvis so weak and timid that he allowed himself to be abused and used for years on end? He had no cojones to stand up for himself? I don't think so. That does not speak well of Elvis. Not any sort of "King."
Let's suppose two men decide to start a business partnership to create a new business together. Like Hewlett and Packard. It is by nature a 50/50 partnership, where they share equally the expenses and rewards. They are equal partners in the arrangement. Not the typical agent/client relationship.
The typical run of theatrical agents may charge only 10 or 15 percent of the celebrity's income as a fee for certain services like booking shows, doing publicity, arranging for travel, negotiating with producers, etc. But then they usually have an agency with a number of other clients.
So the artist or talent may only pay ten or fifteen percent of his income, but he then he may only get ten to fifteen percent of the agent's time and attention, if that. Brian Epstein charged the Beatles 25 percent, but he represented a roster of other artists also from whom he collected money. The Beatles did not get his full time and attention. But even so, when he died, they did not last long managing themselves as a group did they? The band broke up soon after. So would the Beatles have broke as big as they did without Brian Epstein's unique knowledge and talents? Hard to say.
So I think the Colonel Parker/Elvis Presley relationship was a unique and rare one in the entertainment world. Certainly not typical. I think when they formed their partnership they decided to go big and shoot for the moon, to make Presley the biggest thing in show business, a superstar, not a minor celebrity. Which they succeeded at, maybe way above their wildest dreams. But to achieve that they both agreed to give the project their full time and attention, to pull out all the stops and go for broke. Elvis Presley got Parker's full time and attention as his agent.
But 50 percent of nothing is nothing. If Elvis had flopped, Parker would have been destitute probably, at least for a while.
Anyway, that is the thoughts I have had about it. I have decided not to join the Col. Parker lynch mob. But I lived in Memphis for a number of years back in the 60's. I did not know Presley or Parker or have any connections with them. But I know the city and am interested in Memphis music, etc. Which is why I write all this, I suppose.
Agent and manager
@@majorkade Regardless what he was, he was a leech & parasite that exploited Elvis the best he could.
Parker got 50% of Merchandising, not 50% of all Elvis' earnings. Parker didn't collect 50% of all Elvis' earnings until 1976.
Rest in peace Elvis Presley
Burn in hell, “Colonel” Parker!
And we still are talking about ELVIS in 2022!
Amazing, simple amazing
Thanks for the great memories Elvis Presley...... king of Rock n Roll
You're welcome hoss
What the hell was that accent Tom Hanks did for the Colonel if THIS was how he really talked? One of the greatest actors of our lifetime and he gives us Goldmember.
Colonel Tom Parker's real name was Andreas Cornelis (Dries) van Kuijk. He was born in the Netherlands and illegally immigrated to the U.S. at age 20. He was wanted by Dutch authorities for suspicion of murder. He worked hard to lose his Dutch accent, and avoided most interviews for that very reason. This interview was done much later in his life and by that time he had nearly perfected his 'American' English. Like everything else about him, his American accent was fake. Google is your friend.
Exactly what I was just thinking!
Andreas van Kuijk was from the Netherlands.
yes!
"yesh Elvish, i am your fajar"......hey Goldmember !, is exactly right, i was thinking that as i watched the movie.....good film tho, proper roller coaster ride.fair do,s to him for doing this interview tho, but you dont know if hes being honest or lying, sign of a good manager i guess.does anyone know where Parker is buried
Elvis had a beautiful voice! Never going to be another Elvis!
MOVIE SUCKED
ELVIS WAS BETTER IN HIS MOVIES
I think Tom Hanks could have nailed the accent we hear in this clip if he wanted too. There was a good bit of artistic liberty taken throughout the movie, seems that's where Hanks went with it, a emphasis on the Dutch accent. During this interview there are moments where you can hear that Dutch accent, Hanks just used those moments for the entire script, maybe trying to portray him more for what he was rather than what he was trying to cover up
From the 50s to the 80s his accent probably faded.
I’m sure he did it on purpose, but Hanks accent didn’t sound close to being Dutch 😂. It was a cartoony villain accent with a bit of German thrown in there. But yeah non-dutch people won’t care anyways. It fit Luhrmans chaotic style.
@@loreninavloggingcup I appreciate the perspective of one who is familiar with the accent...and you nailed it by pointing out that there was some "villian" in that accent
@@TM-fu2we for sure, and he probably continually strived to perfect the Virginian accent for 30 years, that Col. was a tenacious one
Hanks can’t do accents. He ruined the movie for me.
He removed all challenges that makes somebody feel fulfilled, that's what Elvis lacked, and that's when boredom hits, and it's dangerous mentally
Especially with someone like Elvis that lives and breaths and loves challenges, that's what kept him going
Hmm that’s a sharp observation. Sort of like controlling someone by subtle mental and emotional conditioning
New Elvis movie shows the real Parker!
yeah exactly, sharp observation, well done
@@villll agreed very sharp observation. That’s the thing about a good con man, they are masters of psychology. I’ve been in a relationship with one and once I thought I had figured him out, he was just using some other “look over here” tactic that I never saw coming. He tore me to shreds and had me apologizing to him. He was very good at being very bad.
I am Brazilian and since I was a child I like Elvis and I always look for new information about his life. I didn't see much about Parker other than a few films, but we can see that he was a blood-sucker from Elvis! Unfortunately Elvis is no longer with us to tell and express his feelings but he is very much alive in his art! Every time I hear or watch a vibrating show as if I were watching it live! Parker must be answerable for what he did to the King of Rock!
Why Elvis put so much faith in this man I'll never know.
Do u think he felt some sort of weird obligation maybe he didn't like confrontation so Elvis just kept going along w blind faith ? Idk I am just learning more of Elvis and the ppl around him
@@82566 he stuck with the colonel. Because Elvis thought he got me this far. I'll keep him.
Actually if he dump the colonel he would have been better off.
He put him in crappy movies.( Because they made money)
He never toured outside the country because the colonel couldn't leave the country.
Barbara Streisand wanted him to be in" a star is born.".
Colonel didn't like the idea so that never happened.
Elvis wanted to sing Dolly's song.( I will always love you) but the colonel wanted half the rights to the song. Dolly said no. Don't blame her.
The last contract he signed with Elvis he got HALF of what Elvis made.
@@shyba2011 and he also feared that if Elvis left the country he would find a better manager and Elvis tried too fire the colonel but he came up with a very detailed list of the things that Elvis owed him (transport etc) wich came down too about 10Million but Elvis didn’t have that money at the time when he should’ve but most of it went too toms gambling addiction and Elvis’s flashy lifestyle so he took him back
Sad that Parker was so short sighted. He hurt Elvis more than he helped.
PARKER YOU MISERABLE FHOLE
YOU KILLED THE KING WITH YOUR STUPID AHOLE RULES AND GREEDS
watching the movie the way he did elvis is absolutely heartbreaking, its so sad to me
There is a story about the colonel that goes like this. When he was a young man in Holland, where he hailed from, he was known as a bit of a flashy dresser as he used to get about town wearing a yellow raincoat, a bit of a trademark look. There was a young woman he was seeing who was last seen alive with a man that resembled the colonel and he was wearing a yellow raincoat. The Police went on a search for the Man in the yellow rain coat but didn't find him. . .On the same night this woman that was apparently murdered, the colonel went missing. He left his home in Holland, without telling friends or family, and somehow he made it to the USA, where he wound up working as a Carney. His friends and family never heard from him again till one night his sister saw him on TV. The story goes that the real reason the Colonel never left the USA or applied for citizenship or would never let Elvis travel, except for the stint in the army, was because he feared that Interpol would intercept him and interrogate him as to why he left Holland in such a hurry...I found this story on the internet when I was writing a paper on Elvis Presley, if you search Colonel Tom Parker Its out there somewhere on the web.
Very interesting indeed.
Elvis was drafted into the Army..He was never in the Marine Corps.
@@jimelliott6200 Thanks Jim ive changed that bit to army
Wow...so many stories out there in the world. Yeesh
Do you have a source for this? I heard he was implicated in a murder in the USA too. A woman found murdered behind a greengrocer he worked for. But I'm not sure if these are just heresy and whatever
You can hear a little bit of his Dutch accent, but he did a good job concealing it.
My parents were dutch and I grew up in the dutch community. I instantly recognized his dutch accent and his "dutch" way of speaking. "Colonel Tom Parker?"...belachelijk!
Just as I came to your comment I distinctly heard the foreign accent in his speech .
@@msplacebo-246 That's interesting. To me his accent is American. He sounds like he is from New York!
@@americanpatriots4868 no..... col parker is a south african origin
By the time this interview was given he would've had years of practice - even lost some of it naturally.
Who is here after watching the (great) trailer for "Elvis" to find out whether Tom Hanks is hamming it up or does a great impersonation ?
Don't understand hanks accent for the stupid movie coming out, parker definitely didn't have a European accent
I didn't need to watch this to know that Hanks is a ham
I’m here after watching the goofy Tom Hanks turn “The Colonel” into zee German Nazi…
I wouldn't waste the money watching the crappy movie
I'm here from the future. Elon Musk is emporer of the world and Trump is vice emporer. Oh, and Elvis is back from the dead...and the world is such a dystopia that no one is even thrilled...except me (about Elvis).
So that's why I'm here...
I can not comment on what I dont know about. As decent of a person Elvis was, and I can say that by seeing him in concert videos and a small portion of interviews and realizing how much he was devoted to his fans of which I am a big one. I really hope Col. Parker did the right thing concerning Elvis's livelyhood and sanity. I heard many of the Memphis maphias comments being negative towards Parker, and if they are true then I would hate to be Parker while standing in front of our maker!
what kinda manager blows 1.5 million in 12 hours at the casino in 1970's money? A crooked one.
Another night he blew 1,250,000
I heard from one of the Memphis mafia. Can't remember his name. He was on CZcams. He saw Colonel Parker blow a million in an HR. Disgusting. I felt bad at the end for Elvis. So heartbreaking 💔
He had a deal with the casino, he brought them Elvis so he only had to pay .50 cents on the dollar for every thing he lost. So if he lost a million he only had to come up with 500,000
@@johnb.8687 Interesting!
I read that he was not a US citizen. He entered illegally from the Netherlands and he helped other artists with their careers. It wasn't until years later that his true identity and background came to the surface. He was a very good business con artist. I imagine Elvis wanted to do some things that would have made him just as famous but the Colonel held him back. He definitely used Elvis for his own gain.
Very true. He took half of elvis money. Crook
He did not want elvis to sing in the ghetto ,even thoe elvis did it glad elvis sang it to proove what is going on and sadly it is still going on.I am not sure if colonel was rascit or not
@@laurahughess13 .
The guy was a carney. He could have passed for a gypsy.
@@olubukonla7352 It is true well on the song ,elvis grew up in the ghetto .You should read his biography on his childhood really sad but he end up going to gospel church and he liked it.
I can see Tom Hanks never spent a minute learning how this guy sounds when he talks.
100% right Tom hanks was awful
@@gerardsinonjr2410 he looks like him just the wrong accent
@@danielupsdell2697 Tom Hank’s was good in the movie maybe the director wanted a different voice for the character
How did you know this 4 weeks ago if the movie just barley came out? 🤔
@@STEVEDAMAR I’m not saying I know I’m saying maybe the director wanted a different accent for the character
This fox realized from the beginning that Elvis and his family were simple and humble, that's where he used his cleverness, to manipulate everyone!
Well Elvis might not have been a thing without him
Yes!! Husband and I just watched the new Elvis movie and we both said the same.
What really makes me angry with this man is that he was taking ALL of the money from souvenirs,tee shirts, posters and concert stuff!! This represents far more money than E. was earning, plus he had ALL of the publishing royalties from the songs!! I never ever have even heard of such a huge rip off from an Artist!
No he wasn't! Parker negotiated a 50-50 split on merchandising with Elvis and Elvis was fine with that. As far as his manager fee he got the standard 25% which was the norm at that time for managers.
@Elle Marie Priscilla really was and still is his angel walking on earth..keeping his legacy alive, fulfilling dreams that he could not live while he was here, taking care of Graceland and more...
A thieve
Never did like this SOB! Driving Elvis like he did cost Elvis his life!
It blew my mind when I heard Elvis never played in the UK and because of his manager.
He would have made Millions in the UK, but I guess I will watch the movie, although I'm in a younger generation, I still have heard of Elvis's Music
Yeah, because Parker knew he'd either be deported or sent to jail if he tried to leave the US.
But he recorded with the London Philharmonic. I’m guessing he did that in the UK?
This is the guy who walked in Elvis room in vegas and Elvis had his head in bucket of ice water cause he wasn't well and Tom Parker said all that matters tonight is Elvis to be on that stage nothing else matters.
He was a piece of shit of the worst sort, a criminal and a thieving liar, I don’t know what he had over Elvis’s head for Elvis to keep putting up with his endless control of him, Elvis wouldn’t stand up to the old bastard and neither would Vernon, I to this day am still baffled by the dynamics of that whole relationship/deal between them 🙁
Jesus, this guy is slipperier than a wet fish, he's seems really defensive & guarded in this interview..
Yes I agree I always loved Elvis huge fan and always will be most hansom human person love Denise
He was hiding the fact that he was in the US illegally.
Parker was pretty defensive! Especially about his critics
Ples don’t use the Lords name in vain any more.
@@cinderellajones208 you should worry about you. He may be your "lord". He's not mine, and I'm sure that for many others he's not either.
After seeing the ELVIS movie and Tom Hank's portrayal of this man I wanted to see the real guy. Hank's portrayed a plastic, controlling , odd ball of a man. In an eight minute interview it would seem he nailed this man who was all about money and control of one of the greatest entertainers of all time
Hanks did a great job as the Colonal because he was very creepy & unlikable. That's how you know.
I cant believe he didn’t book Elvis on talk shows! He did hold him back !!!!
Elvis didn't want to do talk shows.
@Shean Fall Really? Elvis used the drugs, not Parker
@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES Did Elvis tell you this? Yes he was a shy man but he did do interviews and plenty of them in the 50s so nothing like he didn't want to. Look at the publicity Ali got due to interviews and how loved they are !! That could have been E or if he felt comfortable at Graceland why not film there. So much we didn't get a chance to see cause of that prick. If Elvis caught on in the army that he was an illegal immigrate then I can assure you that he'd be Still alive today or just passed, not 45 years ago. It wasn't the Yes men/MM that he had to keep going it was that bastard. 50% it's unbelievable when you think of it. If it was me I'd turn to drugs if I had no way out from this dick of a manager. Play in Vegas, never leave the country, have shite songs and movies but if you leave me ill send you a bill that will cripple you. It was a lose/lose for Elvis unless he took him to court but by the mid 70s he knew he wasn't in his prime anymore and the world wide fans missed that by about 4 years, I just gave up
He didn't want to do talk shows plus parker didn't overexposed him on free TV
@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES I agree nobody held a guy to elvis take drugs or sign contract everyone blames everyone else but elvis
This man killed Elvis. He drove him straight into the ground.
So true!!!
Yes
gargois1 look, there’s two sides to every story. Without the colonel promoting elvis and getting him on popular shows in the 50’s ,would elvis have ever got the attention of the mainstream media?
WRONG!
Christopher W. Petro He held him back cause he was an illegal alien, plus he was a sick gambler who took 50 percent of his success ! Elvis could have done better on his own, he had the talent 👍🏻
Jailhouse Rock is a great film.....Elvis should have toured Europe, Elvis was a good actor, looked amazing on film....Parker stifled Elvis and he turned down big hits , because the Colonel wanted more royalties ...
Why in the hell did they have Tom Hanks do such a crazy accent in the movie? The real Colonel Parker sounded nothing like the way Hanks portrayed him in the movie.
I bet Elvis would have loved to be on Carson and other shows.
In my opinion Elvis outgrew the colonel. The perfect time for elvis to have left the colonel and gone on a world tour would have been after the ‘68 comeback special. Saying that, if elvis had left the colonel, would he have such a legendary infatuation with Las Vegas. Elvis made Las Vegas the biggest party showman’s town on earth. Remember people there are always two sides to every story!!! Long live king Elvis !!!!
Parker had evidence of elvis fucking young girl's in his limousines.
He had control over elvis.
Making the International Hotel a homebase for Elvis and his army of musicians was a stroke of genius! Aloha from Hawaii as well. But those movies... Cant watch 'm..
Yeah and ones side is a shitty side
Knowing what we truly know now the Col hurt Elvis Presley the man more than he ever helped him. He is a liar & a crook that only cared about himself. Elvis forever felt he owed the Col so he couldn't break away. If he would have toured Europe or Asia the sky would have been the limit for Elvis & that boy could act when he had the chance like in his earlier movies. Sad thing is the world will never see how Elvis could have been. I miss him.
HAHA. Oh yeah. Elvis was such a miserable failure because of Parker. He could have been a much bigger star (really?). First, I loved Elvis. But the guy could not act his way out of a wet paper bag. He was horrible, even in those God-awful cookie cutter movies that were created around him. And again, not to take away from Elvis, but good management makes all the difference in the music world. Elvis was playing holes before Parker got a hold on him, and Parker pulled him out. Yes, Parker was a sleazebag, but you gotta give the devil his due. He did a heck of a job with Elvis. As far as his happiness, a drug problem can for sure make you an unhappy camper, and the person not even know it. Elvis is who made Elvis unhappy.
Thank u for you opinion beatapt5.
I cannot believe that this man, obviously so close to death, could still be spouting such a pack of lies. He robbed from Elvis, kept him from being the great artist he could have been and manipulated him into an early grave. NO ONE is more responsible for the wasted talent of Elvis Presley through most of the 60's (the comeback special and 1969 being the exceptions) and all of that touring in the 1970's. Elvis wanted to tour more? That's a laugh. If he ever said that to Parker it was because he had allowed himself to become a puppet to Parker's puppeteering and was being made to say and probably believe it. If only the people around Elvis had the balls to tell him that, he may be still around today.
Yes, Dolly's and Whitney Houston's later version were by far the best versions of that song. Dolly is a smart lady who had already had a huge country hit with that song. I don't think she would have bowed to the Colonel's demands for anything.
You are quite right except for one thing. I believe that Presley would NOT have had a number one HOT 100 hit with "I Will Always Love You". That would not have happened. It was a song so strongly identified with Dolly at that time, he would not have gotten away with it. He may have been able to have recorded so many other artists songs and have had many people fall all over him for doing so but not this one. Elvis' "Burning Love" was his last No. 1 and that was largely because it was a return of the Elvis of old that mainly recorded songs that were written for him and no one else. "I Will Always Love You" hardly qualified as that.
Colonel Parker was looking after Colonel Parker, bottom line
People say rock and roll died with Kurt cobain, I think the death of rock and roll occurred on august 16, 1977
Elvis also wanted to tour Germany and Europe to pay respect to some shoulders but Colonel Parker said no. Another thing is that Tom Parker told Me. Presley that he was getting his U.S. passport, but didn't get it while Elvis was alive. He also didn't treat Elvis as a human being but rather treating him like a circus show.
Remember that he was a showman for the local carnival before he met him which is the reason why for so many years throught his career he held Elvis back from doing a worldwide tour instead making up bullshit reasons that his fans would become violent and rowdy for security purposes in actually he had to keep his 5 year Las Vegas contract together
@@CrossOfBayonne Look closer towards Parker's immigration status, he never got his U.S. passport though he could've fixed that issue with a phone call to Lynden B. Johnson.
@@CrossOfBayonne .
His dutch accent is so obvious it's mind boggling that anyone could've thought he was an American from the south.
Depending on from where in the South. I know a number of native Floridians with no discernible Southern accent.
@@ARichardP .
He doesn’t sound like Dutch. He sounds southern to me but I’m not American. Can you explain why you think his accent is not American?
@@joeince9430 Listen to a Dutchman speaking English and the answer ought to be crystal clear to you.
@@joeince9430 Well,I,m American,my dear friend.And just like you,I also find that he sounds very Southern,rather than sounding Dutch.
I think the last question says it all. Turns it all about him and how only he can keep name of Elvis alive, not that he was the greatest entertainer ever or a musical enigma.
Now I can never look at this Parker guy (he didn't earn the title Colonel) without seeing Tom Hanks.
sam phillips refused to call him colonel. we need more people like sam who call people out on their lies instead of enabling them
Indeed. I wish I was more like that
He was nothing but a 2 bit hustler
But Governor Jimmie Davis actually granted Tom Parker the title of honory colonel in the state of Louisiana
We need more people who know proper grammar!
@@stevenrtrent9921 what an idiot that gov. Was
"The Colonel" was looking out for himself. He deprived Elvis of doing things he longed to do...like perform in other countries where he was loved (England, Japan, etc). What really killed me is that Elvis wanted to be an actor, not a joke! It was his dream to be taken seriously as an actor. Instead, selfish, greedy Tom Parker went for the "gold" -- for himself!!
I highly doubt Elvis was the one that 'wanted to play more shows" towards the end
POV you were hoping Tom Hanks' ridiculous accent in the movie was at least accurate
Im dutch, and hearing this guy speak...He is from the Netherlands!!
Michiel van Hedel he says enne at one time. That's dutch for: and
Youre right, he fled without leaving a note, gave a false name and many years later he was recognized by his Dutch family when he showed up in pictures standing next to Elvis. Beside that he wasnt a colonel of any kind.
Ja, hij heeft grotendeels van zijn leven in Amerika geleefd maar je hoort echt een Nederlands accent.
Parker tried to hide his Dutch upbringing by explaining that his accent was a Southern accent (he once lied about his childhood by claiming that he was born in Huntington, West Virginia).
@@yusufprogamer haha, ik zat net te denken dat ie juist zo feilloos Amerikaans praatte. Meer Italiaans-Amerikaans eigenlijk.
Sometime back in the 70's, around the time Elvis was extremely bored and in need of new challenges, Japan offered millions of dollars for Elvis to perform there. Instead of jumping at the chance, Parker turned it down cold, possibly because of his illigal alien status. Who knows, maybe if a Japan tour had worked out, that might have helped Elvis' career. All Elvis did was tour the United States. That must have gotten old after a while.
Tom Hanks was enigmatic, but confident playing Colonel Parker and oversaw almost every aspect in The King’s life in the new Elvis biopic, which changed my life in many ways after I enjoyed watching it last night.
I agree that the movie was fantastic!!! I have heard other people say it changed their life! I am curious what you mean by it changed your life. Best regards ~
@@mbrights3158
Changed my life in many ways since
- 2018’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Freddie Mercury and Queen)
- 2019’s “Rocketman” (Elton John),
- 2014’s “Love & Mercy" (Beach Boys)
- two Beatles films: “Yellow Submarine” and the two part documentary “Get Back”
as well as
- watching a press conference on Bob Dylan from 1965
- reading a bio book about Janis Joplin
- visiting the early roots of Frank Sinatra in Hoboken
- and growing up while listening to various albums of famous jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Bill Evans and Tony Bennett among others
Little known fact, Tom Parker was the inspiration for Jabba the Hutt.
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I laughed
HAHAHAHA
LOL😂
Immensely underrated comment. xD
Never European tour. Thanks very much "Col" Parker!
Colenel Tom Parker was an illegal immigrant in Holland
Michel van Gorp prive kanaal hij loog over zijn afkomst ! Hij was een geboren Hollander maar hij heeft dat nooit toegeven , Elvis heeft nooit buiten usa getoerd omdat colonel dan niet meer het land inkwam
Where the fuck did Tom Hanks get his fucking silly accent in the new movie.
ELVIS MADE ELVIS , END OF STORY
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PERIOD 💣💥
Parker did everything to benefit himself. If those actions also somehow benefitted Elvis, he took credit for that, too.
When Elvis was in Germany someone asked if could sing for certain group he replied I had to ask my manager permission nothing came out from it.
He was the best with or without you…
I can sense Parker feels uneasy about this interview.
this is the monster that killed Elvis
THAT WAS ONLY A FRONT PIGGY PARKER DIDNT KNOW WHO HE WAS MESSIN WITH ......
@tinwoods HE THOUGHT HE WAS GETTING OVER, THIS HOG DIDNT KNOW WHO HE WAS MESSIN WIT
Without him , no elvis
Les secrets dévoilés Elvis had the talent he didn’t need Parker , besides I’m sure there were other managers out there that would have done Elvis right.
@@lisap3344
I don t talk about the elvis talent but the talent of parker ( he came from holland ) . Parker was the elvis of the management.
How many elvis ?
And If elvis don t sign the contract ( 7 years ) for play in all this movie , he never could survive to the incredible big wave of the english and american pop of the 60 ' .
The truth , he was saved by his silly movies in the 60'.
Thank so much to the colonel .
TOM HANKS WAS AWSOME IN THE MOVIE!!
Why did Tom Hanks make Tom Parker sounds like Goldmember?
Fr I just watched the 🎥 his accent seems more American right here
The Colonel stunted Elvis's growth as an artist and Elvis sadly knew it, but he was too afraid to tell Parker to eff off. I believe he was genuinely afraid of Parker. Elvis was too much of a nice guy and that may have been his downfall in the long run. Similar to Andy Gibb, another sensitive talent lost too soon. Elvis Presley and Andy Gibb are two classic examples of what happens when the business gets you and you don't get the business. Andy and Elvis simply weren't strong enough to deal with the dark side of showbiz. Shame. RIP, Elvis and Andy. You two will never be forgotten and your legacies will live on forever. RIH, Parker (Rot in Hell, Parker)
COLONEL PARKER DESTROYED ELVIS PRESLEY.
Stuart Hancock I agree
I hate this guy
It was Elvis´s mistake.
@@blindmelonstubbly Of all the rumors that came out of Graceland, most i don't believe. The one about Parker having something on Elvis ,, I do ! One was that when Elvis became somebody he liked to bang upper class beauties that once snubbed him when he was poor and that Colonel Tom Parker ( born in Holland with the name Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk ) had film evidence of him with an underage one .
TRUST ME HE DID NOT, ELVIS WAS NATURALLY GOOD AND KIND, GOD HAS ELVIS IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND THIS SWINE WILL ANSWER TO GOD DONT SWEAT IT⚔⚔⚔⚔⚔⚔💣
Elvis never did any concerts outside of the United States and that's because of Tom Parker who came to United States Illegal and was afraid he would not get back into the country.
Yes he did two shows in Canada Vancouver and Ottawa 1957
Wow you know so much, why comment now? Ironically that the movie came out lol
Thank you for posting this interview. Very interesting.
" Joe Hazen recognized early that Parker, who became more like a spiteful armed guard than an amicable shepherd, possessed him. If Elvis had a lawyer on his own, there would have been no Parker No lawyer would've permitted parker to take over a client like he did"(A.Nash).
Should have pressed him about the 50% management fee paid to him throughout Elvis' career. Far more than managers typically receive.
Everyone says Parker drove him to do these concerts at the end. Also kept Elvis from traveling outside U.S. because there was a warrant for his arrest in his native Netherlands
goddamn they potrayed him terrible in the movie.
In my opinion, I think that Colonel Parker is a bad person.
SANGUE. SUGA. SEM. AMOR. COM. NOSSO. ELVID. FEIO
Maybe so but he’s a dead person now . This interview is old
He was a cold man who when Elvis died told others it was business as usual, and he wore a Hawaiian shirt at his funeral and stood by the front door the whole time, cold feeling arse.
He was a greedy mother........ He made sure Elvis was pumped up and ready to go with or without drugs. Elvis didn't need him anyway....his talent would have taken him anywhere.
Tom Hanks did a good job in the movie Elvis, 2022, I hope TOM HANKS GET A Oscar, playing Tom Parker
Thanks for posting this great video.
I am from Holland and had the chance to meet and talk with the Colonel in 1993 in Vegas. he still spoke Dutch! By the way he never earned 75% of Elvis' earnings. He made 25%. In 1969 he signed a contract with Elvis to split 50% of merchandisings profits, not over recordsales or concerts.
Jorrit van der kooi Hij was een klootzak
Do you have the clip of you speaking Col. Tom Parker? And if so, can you post it? Would be interesting to hear him speak his native Dutch….
Would like to know more about it
BS, he took 50% of his earnings from the get-go and it's even addressed in the film and even Priscilla Presley said so.
@@thejamesbondshow9754 I wouldn’t get yo truth from a movie, SON…
"it was business" exactly, he didnt care how elvis was as long as he could stand on stage and sing and make him money
It was good for Elvis in the beginning, because of the lack of promoters and managers in that day. In 60s , things changed, Parker should have been shown the door. Elvis was loyal man and a Mommas boy. He believed that everyone should take care of him, that he was close to. Just as he did for many people. Parker and his father was the death of him. He was their mule for money. Elvis was a good hearted man and a Great! man overall. Inside he was just a southern little boy with a huge heart and a talent out of this world.
Elvis Presleys personality and icon status was phenomenally large he could’ve easily got another manager.
Esse coronel foi um ursupador da carreira de Elvis
Colonel Parker was gambling the whole time when Elvis was performing on stage for two weeks straight.
+Minecrafter King Oh look the maid has just had her say.....
Elvis wanted to tour Europe, never got to...all good artists tour worldwide. Sad he didn't....inspite of that he was a global super star!
Why did Hanks give him such a weird accent? He didn’t sound like that at all
He was originally from the Netherlands
@@haileyshannon7548 yes I am aware but he still did not have an accent like hanks portrayed if you listen to him in this interview
Listen closely..it comes out from time to time
Parker was an evil leach, Elvis should have fired his ass in 57 . Elvis 1956 , it never got any better , RIP. Elvis my dear friend.
elvis p //////////////he should have stayed with sun records sam phillips even ask for more money hoping parker would turn him down
parker only cared about parker and gambling debts. at time just before death he screwed elvis over contract with RCA and when all was said and done Elvis ended up with about 10 % after parker and RCA got done with the contract. also parker on the day of death had Vernon sign a royalty contract for 85% to go to him and 15 % went to estate. if that is not a screwing what is and RCA was as bad as parker because they were in cahoots with parker all the way for years and if elvis ever got what he had coming to him then he never would of worried about money like he did. Elvis dad Vernon was the patsy for parker because he was so tight and ignorant to hillbilly ways that parker got to him so he would make Elvis sign these contracts with parker.
The So called Colonel held Elvis back from touring the World, What a Shame! Elvis was and Still is the Worlds Biggest Entertainer has ever seen. And Elvis has that Title never leaving America! That's the POWER OF THE KING!!!!
Thank you for sharing!
My commentary is based on some publicity/promotion experience: In the beginning, Parker was ideal for Elvis. Innovative, shrewd, creative & relentless. Brian Epstein consulted Parker before bringing The Beatles to America to understand the security required. The old man was sharp. His deals for E in those early days were deals no artist was getting. A million dollars for an hour concert? In those days that was unheard of. The Hawaiian Concert was beamed by satellite worldwide to over a billion people & that was in the early 70's. No artist played to a billion people or even commanded that attention. BUT...the Colonel was selfish. Elvis was kept from big pay days & an even developing a bigger reputation. He was not exposed to the best songwriters. He was offered parts in True Grit (by John Wayne himself), Midnight Cowboy, A Star is Born (from Barbra Streisand herself). He was approached by artists like Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Paul McCartney to play and/or record with them. Nothing. He didn't even join his close friends on record late in his career: Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins. He supposedly was approached by Bobby Darin to sing with him in concert. In the early 70's a management conglomerate out of Chicago made offers to buy Elvis' contract & bring him to Atlantic Records. Nothing. Of course, we all know now why Elvis never performed in Europe/Australia. The Colonel was an illegal alien (oops...undocumented person) Offers to perform overseas -- all turned down. The only time Elvis stood up was during the '68 Comeback Special. The Colonel wanted all Christmas songs. Instead, producer Steve Binder helped fortify the argument that Elvis needed to perform before a live audience. The what-if's are too numerous to mention. In the later years -- 1967-8 -- the Colonel should have been showed the exit. But no one had the experience or the balls. Elvis should have had more allies in Hollywood / Nashville by the musicians / actors who were determined to GET him into their projects. It would have been all different. Elvis would have had a viable challenge again & his fame would have gone to another level. He probably would have recorded an all blues album with the finest black blues artists in the business.
Not all the blame should be on Colonel Parker -- but, the blame does begin with him. Greed. Elvis was stifled -- live concerts became the same creative prison as his late stale formula movies. (which he himself called travelogues). He should have listened to more Leonard Cohen, John Prine, Tom Waits & Dylan. He should have avoided songs that charted for other artists. It seems he started to: I was flabbergasted when he did James Taylor's "Steamroller Blues" in the Hawaiian Concert. One of the best songs he ever did.
Very doubtful that Aloha from Hawaii was seen by a billion people. That number was given by the con man Parker 4 months before the concert & everybody just keeps quoting the figure. It was available to a billion people so if every TV set was tuned to Aloha in every country where it was beamed (40 nations, I think) then 1 billion people tuned in. Not to take anything away from the event, it was a spectacular achievement & EP was probably the only single artist that could have done it.
Keith Glimmer - Sorry for the long response, but you may find some of my commentary interesting at best: Your info was gleamed probably from published unsubstantiated tales from an Alan Hanson piece or Susan Doll book on the myths of Elvis. But, Elvis' own Marty Lacker addressed it diplomatically: "The day after the show we were sitting in the suite in the Hilton Hawaiian Village when the Colonel arrived with a Japanese newspaper that stated that 98% of the Japanese households that had TV watched the show. When Lagenestra (President of RCA) and the Colonel said,"Worldwide" they used that term to denote that it would be viewed in countries in the world other than the U.S., certainly there were places it wasn't seen, nothing has ever been shown in every single part of the world. As for the "First" in regards to an entertainment show via Satellite,it was in many ways and it was also the first show done on RCA/NBC's satellite. To try to minimize Elvis' historic outstanding performance 33 years later by someone who might not have even been born then or if he was might have not been aware enough to witness the true worldwide impact..."
Suffice it to say, it was the largest audience in history by any artist especially for its time." - Marty Lacker
Now Wikipedia (can we rely on that source? I doubt it) is inserting a fact that the "Guinness Book of World Records" reports that Michael Jackson's Super Bowl XXVII Halftime holds the record for the largest TV audience for a performance with 133.4 million viewers. Really?
A captive Super Bowl FOOTBALL audience? Are we forgetting that the majority of the viewers -- 133.4 million -- were actually tuned into what? The Super Bowl? And that figure for 1993 is pretty paltry. These viewers didn't tune in exclusively to watch a Michael Jackson concert. Now, MJ did attract large audience in his day -- but to say that audience was HIS is quite inaccurate. Football fans tuning in at home don't turn their sets off because the Half Time show is on. When the "world" tuned into Elvis' Aloha from Hawaii there was no Super Bowl bonus audience tuned in. Those numbers tuned in to watch Elvis and Elvis alone despite the technology & in 1993 it was even being better than 1977. Many more families had televisions, as well as, bars and restaurants not to mention Pay Per View and reruns on HBO. As usual these bloggers/writers never compare apples to apples. It's let's try and de-mystify Elvis as much as possible. These are people who have no clue what the music business was like before Elvis in the 1950's because after Elvis it became an industry. No one asked Elvis to do a half-time show for the Super Bowl....because he wouldn't have done it, and he alone would have been too expensive even for them. Entertainers today need to do a venue like the Super Bowl to get that audience they probably wouldn't get otherwise. Look how many of your "super stars" today are failing, concerts cancelled, half-filled, poor shows. Two weeks ago the biggest act to take the stage in England at that big Glastonbury fest was Dolly Parton. Sends a message doesn't it? These bloggers/writers would probably answer me by saying "yes, the majority went to see her for her tits." But they'd be wrong.
I do respect how you wrote your comment Keith -- it was civil and respectable. But the source of your information -- those two writers I mentioned who stated that Aloha figures were questionable -- are just not reliable sources. They substantiated nothing. Even if the figures were inaccurate, they would still be figures far larger than anything for a single entertainer. It was broadcast via satellite -- fact -- worldwide -- that's a fact -- they didn't do that for just anyone in 1977. In the real world, we know what Elvis achieved, how much he sold, how long his legacy has lasted and how much it influenced others. That's not myth. And that concert, if you see it today, was spectacular. I would've have liked to have seen him move it more, shake it more. But, he didn't want to offend any countries so he kept it low key. Even low key -- Elvis delivered. He didn't need smoke machines, laser beams, two hundred sexy half-naked female dancers behind him, or muscular back-up male dancers supporting him and huge helium balloons flying over the audience. He needed none of it. I don't see that today, except for maybe a Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits and Bob Dylan. Because they too....their concerts are about them, We go to see them. Not the extravaganza or needing a Super Bowl audience.
Time for a beer......
Forget '67 , Parker should've been dismissed already 1965 when the film scripts turned more and more bad.
John LaStrada one simple fact most people miss.
Elvis worshipped the ground Parker walked on, he was the single most important person in his life beyond his family.
He wasn't in any legally binding contract with Parker as non of thier contracts were legal as Parker was not even supposed to be living in America.
Elvis knew this and tried everything in his power to stop him from being deported
Really well said 'John LaStrada'...I totally agree...