With snaps, thumps and pows that six decades later are a standard foundation of pop music, Elvis Presley's drummer D.J. Fontana helped define rock 'n' rolls’ rhythmic patterns. He died Wednesday ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — D.J. Fontana, the drummer who helped launch rock ‘n’ roll as Elvis Presley’s sideman, has died at 87, his wife said Thursday. Karen Fontana told the Associated Press that ...

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.

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 to 1968 played drums behind Elvis Presley.

Elvis Presley scored a second hit with another B.J. Thomas cover In 1969, B.J. Thomas wrote and released the song “It’s Only Love.” ...

D.J. Fontana, a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer who rose from strip joints in his native Shreveport, La., to the heights of musical history as Elvis Presley’s first and longtime drummer, has died at ...

D.J. Williams no longer is a Broncos player. The release Monday of the veteran linebacker was expected. But from now on, there should be no surprise if Elvis Dumervil follows Williams out the Dove ...

Marian J. Cocke was not an Elvis Presley fan in 1975. For the veteran Baptist Memorial Hospital nurse, the celebrity entertainer assigned to the floor she supervised was a patient, not an icon.

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 ...

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, has ...