Elvis and the Colonel: An Insider's Look at the Most Legendary Partnership in Show Business
By Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill
St. Martin's Press; paperback, 384 pages; $20.00
Greg McDonald is an entertainment producer who got his start in show business with Colonel Tom Parker, and they knew each other for almost four decades. As a teenager, McDonald drove the Colonel around Los Angeles when his top client, Elvis Presley, was making movies in Hollywood, spent time with him when Elvis began his residency in Las Vegas, traveled with him when Elvis hit the road when he started touring again, and worked with Parker at his home office in Palm Springs, California.