D.J. Fontana, the drummer who helped create Elvis Presley's early, rockabilly sound and who played with him throughout the 1950s on hits like "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Hound Dog," has died, his wife ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-D.J. Fontana, a rock 'n' roll pioneer who rose from strip joints in his native Shreveport, Louisiana, to the heights of musical history as Elvis Presley's first and longtime drummer, ...

D.J. Fontana, a member of the band The Sun Rhythm Section. D.J. Fontana was the drummer on Elvis Presley's early hits.

D.J. Fontana, whose simple but forceful drumming behind Elvis Presley helped to shape the early sound of rock ‘n’ roll, died Wednesday at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 87. D.J. Fontana, ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — D.J. Fontana, a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer who rose from strip joints in his native Shreveport, Louisiana, to the heights of musical history as Elvis Presley’s first and longtime ...

D.J. Fontana "passed away in his sleep" at 9:33 p.m. Wednesday, said his son, David Fontana of Smyrna, in a Facebook post. He was 87 years old, and, from 1954-1968, played drums behind Elvis Presley.