It's what we call a "two beat". BOOM CHICK BOOM CHICK
You can throw the 8ths in, but they will fit better if you apply them like a "half shuffle" as in swing them only part of the way.
See, back in the beginnings of Rock & Roll the drummers would play what amounted to a swing feel. Little Richard came along and took his drummer Charles Connor down to the train station and said "I want my music to have that beat", the steady chug of what we now know as "straight eighths".
With this new rhythm, the drummers of the day, in an effort to "stay current" had to learn to "straighten out their swing". The end result for many of those who recorded the hits of the day ("Blue Suede Shoes" by Elvis is a prime example), the swing element was still there but it was somewhat to a lesser degree.
So the two beat. Simple as pie. 1 2 1 2 on the hihat, 1 on the kick, 2 on the snare. Make that groove and you have a 19th nervous breakdown, along with the neighbors!