Dominic Joseph Fontana (March 15, 1931 – June 13, 2018) was an American musician best known as the drummer for Elvis Presley for 14 years.

was employed by the Louisiana Hayride to be an in-house drummer on its Saturday night radio broadcast.

[2] Along with the occasional piano and backing vocals from the Jordanaires, The Blue Moon Boys played on several Elvis hits, including "Heartbreak Hotel", "Hound Dog", "Don't Be Cruel", and "Jailhouse Rock".

Although the band had officially broken up, Fontana, Moore, and Elvis still regularly played and recorded together throughout the 1960s.

Stan Lynch said of Fontana: "Armed with accuracy, power, swing, dynamics, great time and — the biggest compliment of all — simplicity whenever it was best, D.J.

[5] English musician Wayne Fontana (born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis) took his stage name from the drummer.

Unknown recording duet: Robert Hampton and Johnny Paycheck, "I Love My Jesus" Drummer: D.J.