Alan Price's Birth Card: The 2 of Diamonds

In the record

Alan Price (born 19 April 1942) is an English musician who first found prominence as the original keyboardist of the English rock band the Animals. The birth-card coordinate for April 19 is the 2 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1994 Performers with The Animals induction.

Rock Hall record

• 1994 Performers — inducted member of The Animals

The 2 of Diamonds coordinate

Alan Price's birthday maps to the 2 of Diamonds (The Financial Partner). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vote and not a verdict on Alan Price. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You name the exchange out loud and keep it fair for both sides.

Live 2 of Diamonds meaning page

Alan Price in the public record

He left the band in 1965 to form the Alan Price Set; his hit singles with and without the group include "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear", "The House That Jack Built", "Rosetta" (with Georgie Fame) and "Jarrow Song". Price is also known for work in film and television, taking occasional acting roles and composing the soundtrack of Lindsay Anderson's film O Lucky Man! (1973). He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 as a member of the Animals. Price was born in Fatfield, Washington, County Durham, and educated at Jarrow Grammar School, County Durham. When he left school he worked as a tax officer in the English Civil Service, ironically sitting at the exact same desk that Sting (musician) would occupy later in the same office. A self-taught musician, Price was a founding member of the Tyneside group the Alan Price Combo, which was later renamed the Animals. Playing organ on the Animals "The House of the Rising Sun", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and "Bring It On Home to Me", Price was a key element in "the first Animals lineup['s]" success. As a member of the Animals, Price appeared on numerous television shows including Ready Steady Go!, The Ed Sullivan Show, Hullabaloo, and Top of the Pops.

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

Where the record meets the 2 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 Alan Price, and not a forecast of induction.

You name the exchange out loud and keep it fair for both sides. You understand value exchange and partnership in material terms. You're good at splitting bills, sharing assets, creating fair deals. Your mind works in reciprocity.

When interviewed in 2009, John Steel described broad participation by members of the Animals in the arrangement of this traditional work, for instance, with Hilton Valentine developing the characteristic guitar arpeggio, Eric Burdon rewriting the usual female fallen protagonist as a man, and John Steel adopting his drum-pattern from Jimmy Smith's "Walk on the Wild Side".

Paired on shared wording: side, work.

Also on the record

1. Price left the band in 1965 because of personal and musical differences, as well as his fear of flying while on tour.
2. In August 1967, he appeared with the Animals at the hippie love-in that was held in the grounds of Woburn Abbey.
3. Price participated in the Animals' 1977 and 1983 reunions.
4. In July 1983, the band started its last world tour.

Other inductees with this card

• Al Rex — 2012 Performers with The Comets
• Ali Shaheed Muhammad — 2024 Performers with A Tribe Called Quest
• Andy Bell — 2026 Performers with Oasis
• Art Garfunkel — 1990 Performers with Simon & Garfunkel
• Bernie Worrell — 1997 Performers with Parliament-Funkadelic
• Bill Bruford — 2017 Performers with Yes
• Brad Whitford — 2001 Performers with Aerosmith
• Bruce Palmer — 1997 Performers with Buffalo Springfield
• Chris Vrenna — 2020 Performers with Nine Inch Nails
• Dave Stewart — 2022 Performers with Eurythmics
• Etta James — 1993 Performers
• Ice Cube — 2016 Performers with N.W.A
• 15 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Alan Price's birth card?

The 2 of Diamonds. April 19 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Rock Hall induction?

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, character, or fate.

Where do Alan Price's dates come from?

Birth date 1942-04-19 is the day-precision date on Alan Price's Wikipedia infobox, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Inductee identity comes from the Wikipedia Performers list, which cites RockHall.com. Year-only dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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