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Biography
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D.J. Fontana
Real name: Dominic Joseph Fontana
Effective period / Period of releases: 1997
American drummer. Born March 15, 1931 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Died June 13, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.Played drums for Elvis Presley from 1954 to 1968, on more than 450 recordings. He was later an in-demand studio musician in Nashville.
Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2009 (Sidemen).