Army, Fontana (nicknamed "D.J.") was employed by the Louisiana Hayride to be an in-house drummer on its Saturday night radio broadcast. Fontana joined...

Dorothy Catherine Fontana (March 25, 1939 – December 2, 2019) was an American television script writer and story editor, best known for her work on the...

backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor...

introduced by Sun Studio owner Sam Phillips in 1954, except for drummer D.J. Fontana, who joined the group during a Louisiana Hayride tour in 1955. The Blue...

death. Fontana was born in Levenshulme, Manchester, Lancashire, and took his stage name from John Wayne and Elvis Presley's drummer, D. J. Fontana. In June...

included George Harrison. In Tennessee, recorded with Scotty Moore and D. J. Fontana, was released in 2004. Lee's last album, Still on the Road to Freedom...

backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor...

Presley performing the staged section with his old band, Scotty Moore and D. J. Fontana; this had been inspired by a post-rehearsal informal jam in Presley's...

drummer from the age of five, when he saw Elvis Presley and his drummer, D. J. Fontana, appear on The Milton Berle Show in April 1956. Decades later, Weinberg...

on "Jailhouse Rock", in the late 1950s. Black, Moore and the drummer D. J. Fontana toured extensively during Presley's early career. Black continued his...

Canadian guitarist for The Chronicles of Israfel (formerly of Pulse Ultra) D. J. Fontana (1931–2018), American drummer Dominic Frontiere (1931–2017), American...

Presley usually providing rhythm guitar), Bill Black on double bass, D. J. Fontana on drums, Shorty Long on piano, and backing vocals from the Jordanaires...

sessions, one lasting 18 minutes and the other 20 minutes. Session drummer D. J. Fontana recalled that Starr "never varied from that tempo. He had the greatest...

Friend 77 Days After His Death". Jet. 27 (23): 46–49. March 18, 1965. Nash, J. D. (January 18, 2017). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Sam Cooke". American...

hanging on for the ride during this one, while drummer D.J. Fontana just goes plumb crazy. Fontana's machine-gun drumming on this record has become deservedly...

guitar Presley, guitarist Scotty Moore, bassist Bill Black, and drummer D. J. Fontana performed the song in medley with the similar "Flip, Flop and Fly" on...

White Sox Red Foley (1910–1968), Country Music Hall of Fame singer D. J. Fontana (1931–2018), drummer Benton Cordell Goodpasture (1895–1977), Churches...

has continued to perform with huge audience appeal as well as adding D.J. Fontana to play drums for his band. During one of his performances, a mysterious...

Floyd Cramer – piano Dudley Brooks – celesta Bob Moore – upright bass D. J. Fontana – drums Hal Blaine – percussion Alvino Rey – pedal steel guitar Boots...

members Bill Black, Scotty Moore and D.J. Fontana visited Perkins on their way to New York to appear with Presley. Fontana recalled Perkins saying, "You looked...

Engage, Blood Has Been Shed) Steve Foley (The Replacements, Curtiss A) D. J. Fontana (Elvis Presley) Sam Fogarino (Interpol) Shannon Forrest Andrew Forsman...

September, Presley and his touring band of Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and D.J. Fontana, along with The Jordanaires, managed to recreate the loose feel from...

York Brothers Harvey Farr (musician) Charles Billy Kirkpatrick (bass) D. J. Fontana Wallace and Charlie Mercer Joseph "Gene" Cox Dan Emory "Caldwell, George...

Floyd Cramer – piano Bob Moore – double bass Ray Siegel – double bass D. J. Fontana – drums Buddy Harman – drums Hal Blaine – drums Allmusic review Jones...

Drake – steel guitar on "Once a Year" and "Love Is the Closest Thing" D. J. Fontana – tambourine on "Black Bottom", percussion on "Alligator Man" Al Gore –...

March 1960, the singer reunited with guitarist Scotty Moore and drummer D.J. Fontana from his original band, the Blue Moon Boys, for two blocks of sessions...

half-day on January 22. Aside from Presley's bandmates Scotty Moore and D. J. Fontana as well as The Jordanaires, no members of the Nashville A-Team joined...

guitar, Scotty Moore on electric guitar, Bill Black on double bass, D. J. Fontana on drums, Dudley Brooks on piano, Hoyt Hawkins on organ, and the Jordanaires...

backing vocals Bill Black – bass guitar Scotty Moore – electric guitar D. J. Fontana – drums Dudley Brooks – piano Rolling Stone magazine included "Jailhouse...

Bradley – six-string “tic-tac” bass guitar Bob Moore – double bass D. J. Fontana and Buddy Harman – drums The Jordanaires (Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins...