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    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...
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    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...
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    backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer DJ. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Canadian guitarist for The Chronicles of Israfel (formerly of Pulse Ultra) D. J. Fontana (1931–2018), American drummer Dominic Frontiere (1931–2017), American...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • White Sox Red Foley (1910–1968), Country Music Hall of Fame singer D. J. Fontana (1931–2018), drummer Benton Cordell Goodpasture (1895–1977), Churches...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • List of drummers (section J)
    Engage, Blood Has Been Shed) Steve Foley (The Replacements, Curtiss A) D. J. Fontana (Elvis Presley) Sam Fogarino (Interpol) Shannon Forrest Andrew Forsman...
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  • 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...
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  • Floyd Cramer – piano Dudley Brooks – celesta Bob Moore – upright bass D. J. Fontana – drums Hal Blaine – percussion Alvino Rey – pedal steel guitar Boots...
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  • 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...
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    Records, 1991) With Sheryl Crow Threads (Big Machine Records, 2019) With J. J. Cale 8 (Mercury Records, 1983) Travel-Log (Silvertone Records, 1990) Number...
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    Chuck Howard Sorrells Pickard Jim Buchanan Charlie Daniels Pete Drake D. J. Fontana Buddy Harman Grover Lavender Jerry Kennedy Junior Huskey Ben Keith Dave...
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  • 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...
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  • York Brothers Harvey Farr (musician) Charles Billy Kirkpatrick (bass) D. J. Fontana Wallace and Charlie Mercer Joseph "Gene" Cox Dan Emory "Caldwell, George...
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  • backing vocals Bill Black – bass guitar Scotty Moore – electric guitar D. J. Fontana – drums Dudley Brooks – piano Rolling Stone magazine included "Jailhouse...
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    (now known as Foothill Boulevard). The Fontana area was radically transformed during World War II when Henry J. Kaiser built the Kaiser Steel plant just...
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    Black". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2009. "DJ Fontana". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2009. "Spooner...
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