Dennis Frederiksen's Birth Card: The 4 of Diamonds

In the record

Dennis Hardy "Fergie" Frederiksen (May 15, 1951 – January 18, 2014) was an American rock singer best known as the former lead singer of Trillion, Angel, LeRoux and Toto, as well as providing backing vocals for Survivor. The birth-card coordinate for May 15 is the 4 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of Dennis Frederiksen's 1983 Album of the Year — Toto IV.

Album of the Year record

• 1983 Album of the Year — Toto IV (Toto)

Dennis Frederiksen is on the 1983 Album of the Year list for Toto IV, billed as Toto at ceremony 25 (https://www.grammy.com/awards/categories/album-of-the-year/1983/). Dennis Frederiksen (Q959076, Wikipedia “Dennis Frederiksen”) appears here as billed with Toto. The billed act string on those wins is Toto. Albums in this pack for Dennis Frederiksen: 1983 Toto IV. Birth date 1951-05-15 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Dennis Frederiksen, verified against Wikidata P569 1951-05-15 (match). This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Dennis Frederiksen. It only names the calendar coordinate for May 15 and the Album of the Year albums already listed for Dennis Frederiksen.

The 4 of Diamonds coordinate

Dennis Frederiksen was born May 15, 1951 (1951-05-15). Month 5 and day 15 give solar value 30, which is the 4 of Diamonds (The Financial Foundation Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1951 is unused, so Dennis Frederiksen's 1951 birth year does not move the card. The 4 of Diamonds does not predict a Grammy Album of the Year and is not a verdict on Dennis Frederiksen. Quoted system copy for the 4 of Diamonds, not a biography of Dennis Frederiksen: You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it. You build secure, stable financial foundations. You're good with systems, planning, and long-term security. Your mind thinks in terms of legacy and stability.

Live 4 of Diamonds meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Dennis Hardy "Fergie" Frederiksen was an American rock singer best known as the former lead singer of Trillion, Angel, LeRoux and Toto, as well as providing backing vocals for Survivor. He contributed to hit singles in three consecutive years, all with different bands: Survivor's "American Heartbeat" in 1982, LeRoux's "Carrie's Gone" in 1983 and Toto's "Stranger in Town" in 1984.

Dennis Frederiksen in the public record

He contributed to hit singles in three consecutive years, all with different bands: Survivor's "American Heartbeat" in 1982, LeRoux's "Carrie's Gone" in 1983 and Toto's "Stranger in Town" in 1984. Frederiksen started his musical career at the age of 13, and he played clubs and pubs at the age of 15 with a group called the Common People in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1975, while he was still attending college at Central Michigan, Frederiksen was asked by his friend Tommy Shaw to replace him as the lead vocalist for the band MSFunk, as Shaw was leaving to join Styx. Frederiksen was with MSFunk for a year before disbanding in 1976. While living in Chicago, he helped form a local progressive rock band called Trillion with keyboardist Patrick Leonard. Trillion's debut album was released in 1978 and was produced by Gary Lyons (producer of Foreigner's debut album); all but one of its nine tracks were co-written by Frederiksen. The band went on to tour with Styx, Heart and Aerosmith, where Frederiksen began performing his trademark back-flips during live shows to fire up crowds, a tactic he would continue with later bands. Frederiksen would leave the group after one album, and was replaced by Thom Griffin.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Dennis Frederiksen (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 4 of Diamonds

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Dennis Frederiksen, and not a forecast of a Grammy.

You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it. You build secure, stable financial foundations. You're good with systems, planning, and long-term security. Your mind thinks in terms of legacy and stability.

He would drop the stage name soon after, officially going by his childhood nickname "Fergie", which stemmed from his grade school classmates once incorrectly thinking his last name was "Ferguson".

Paired on shared wording: last, thinking.

Also on the record

1. After leaving Trillion, Frederiksen started focusing mainly on session work; primarily movie soundtracks.
2. In 1979, he signed with Casablanca Records, where he performed under the alias of David London. (Frederiksen wanted to separate his rock image from the disco image Casablanca was known for.) He sang two tracks ("Samantha" and "Sound Of The City") on the soundtrack to Can't Stop The Music (which reached number 47 on the Billboard 200), as well as a more AOR-style solo album in 1981, with his friend Mark Christian as the lead guitarist.
3. This would turn out to be one of the last albums released by Casablanca Records, as the fall of disco in the early 1980s forced the label to fold, eventually becoming part of Polygram Records.
4. He would drop the stage name soon after, officially going by his childhood nickname "Fergie", which stemmed from his grade school classmates once incorrectly thinking his last name was "Ferguson".

Other Album of the Year people with this card

• Whitney Houston — 1994 Album of the Year — The Bodyguard – Original Soundtrack Album

FAQ

What is Dennis Frederiksen's birth card?

The 4 of Diamonds. May 15 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Dennis Frederiksen's year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Grammy Album of the Year?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, albums, character, or fate.

Where do Dennis Frederiksen's dates and Album of the Year credits come from?

Birth date 1951-05-15 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Dennis Frederiksen, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Winner identity comes from the Wikipedia Album of the Year list, which cites Grammy.com / Recording Academy pages. Dennis Frederiksen is billed with Toto. The Album of the Year line is 1983 Album of the Year — Toto IV. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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