D.J. Fontana

Dominic Joseph Fontana (born March 15, 1931 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a American musician best known as the drummer for Elvis Presley.

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Nicknamed "D.J.," he was employed by the Louisiana Hayride to be an in-house drummer on its Saturday night radio broadcast. In October of 1954 he was hired to play drums for Presley that marked the beginning of a fifteen year relationship. He performed on the NBC television special called Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special.

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In 1983 he published a book in pictorial form titled "D.J. Fontana Remembers Elvis" about his years playing with Presley.

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