The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World runs 20.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jim Meskimen (about 13.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 20.5 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jim Meskimen
Jim Meskimen narrates 226 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,079 hours in all.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
171 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World is an audiobook by Peter Guralnick: a 20.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Meskimen, released August 5, 2025, on the Arts & Entertainment and Business shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jim Meskimen
- Released
- August 5, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment, Business
- ISBN
- 9781668649398
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World as an audiobook?
The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World runs 20.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.7 hours.
Is The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World?
The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World is narrated by Jim Meskimen.
Is The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership that Rocked the World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.7 hours, saving 6.8 hours.