Elvis and Tom Parker Fired Each Other After a Las Vegas Fight

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Key Takeaways:

Elvis Presley’s longtime manager was Colonel Tom Parker, who helped the rock ’n’ roll singer build his massively successful career.

For all the highs of their partnership, Presley and Parker abruptly parted ways in 1973 after Elvis delivered a profanity-laced tirade onstage.

The musician and manager soon reunited, but their partnership, hampered by substance abuse and gambling, was never the same.

In March 1956, Colonel Tom Parker took over sole management of budding star Elvis Presley , beginning one of the most famous—or infamous, depending on your perspective—partnerships in music history. Almost 70 years later, a new book is lifting the curtain on their highs and lows, including one memorable spat that altered the pair’s friendship forever.

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