Elvis Book Author: Peter Guralnick

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Peter Guralnick

Peter Guralnick
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Peter Guralnick (born December 15, 1943, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American music critic, author, and screenwriter. He specializes in the history of early rock and roll and has written on Elvis Presley, Sam Phillips, and Sam Cooke (source: Wikipedia ...).

In the Elvis world he is most known of the two-volume biography Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley and Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley. These were published in various editions and languages over the years. Not all editions are included on the reference list below.

In 2015 he wrote Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll about Sam Phillips, the man who discovered Elvis Presley (amongst others), and his label Sun Records in Memphis.

In 2020, he released Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing, a "book about creativity," featuring subjects like songwriters Doc Pomus and Leiber & Stoller, musicians Johnny Cash, Solomon Burke and Tammy Wynette, among others, and of writers Lee Smith and Henry Green, as well as Elvis Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

In 2022 the book The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll: 70 Years of Sun Records appeared. It looks at the history of Sun Records, the label that started Rock 'n' Roll, told through 70 of its iconic recordings. This book was written in cooperation with Colin Escott.

In August 2025 the book The Colonel and the King was releaased. The book provides a groundbreaking dual portrait of the relationship between the iconic artist and his legendary manager and a unique perspective on not one but two American originals.

More info about Peter can be found on his website ....
A short review of some of his books can be found on Randy's Rodeo ....