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Dominic Joseph Fontana (March 15, 1931 – June 13, 2018) was an American musician best known as the drummer for Elvis Presley for 14 years. In 1955, he was hired to play drums for Presley, which marked the beginning of a 15-year relationship.
Dominic Joseph Fontana (Shreveport, Luisiana; 15 de marzo de 1931 - Nashville, Tennessee; 13 de junio de 2018) [1] fue un músico estadounidense, más conocido por ser el baterista de Elvis Presley durante catorce años.
14 de jun. de 2018 · D. J. Fontana, whose simple but forceful drumming behind Elvis Presley helped to shape the early sound of rock ’n’ roll, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Nashville. He was 87.
14 de jun. de 2018 · D.J. Fontana, the longtime drummer for Elvis Presley who helped pioneer the backbeat swing of rock and roll, died in 2018. He played on over 460 cuts for RCA, including classics like "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Hound Dog".
D.J. Fontana, el baterista que ayudó a lanzar el rock 'n' roll como músico acompañante de Elvis Presley, falleció, dijo su esposa este jueves. Tenía 87 años.
El batería D.J. Fontana fue un icono del rockabilly en una época en la que la música country suprimía por completo la batería. Durante catorce años fue el pulso en el centro de la música de Elvis Presley.
Drummer D.J. Fontana was a rockabilly icon at a time when country music was cutting drums completely. For fourteen years he was the pulse at the center of Elvis Presley’s music. Together they recorded hundreds of songs and blew audiences away with rollicking, fun-loving, informal jams.
