# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/d-j-fontana
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:45:13.864Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/d-j-fontana"
name: "D. J. Fontana"
slug: "d-j-fontana"
description: "Dominic Joseph Fontana was an American musician best known as the drummer for Elvis Presley for 14 years. In 1955, he was hired to play drums for Presley, which marked the beginning of a 15-year relationship. He played on over 460 RCA recordings with Elvis."
tagline: "American drummer (1931–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DJ_Fontana_performing_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1931-03-15"
deathDate: "2018-06-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.21980533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284895/"
    handle:    "nm0284895"
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    url:       "http://www.djfontana.com/"
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    title: "D. J. Fontana"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump