Bill Berry's Birth Card: The 10 of Hearts

In the record

William Thomas Berry (born July 31, 1958) is an American musician who was the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. The birth-card coordinate for July 31 is the 10 of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2007 Performers with R.E.M. induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2007 Performers — inducted member of R.E.M.

The 10 of Hearts coordinate

Bill Berry's birthday maps to the 10 of Hearts (The Community Heart). 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 Bill Berry. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You make room for a lot of people and still keep a self inside the room.

Live 10 of Hearts meaning page

Bill Berry in the public record

Although best known for his economical drumming style, Berry also played other instruments, including guitar, bass guitar and piano, both for songwriting and on R.E.M. albums. In 1995, Berry suffered a ruptured cerebral aneurysm onstage and collapsed. After a successful recovery, he left the music industry two years later to become a farmer, and has since maintained a low profile, making sporadic reunions with R.E.M. and appearing on other artists' recordings. His departure made him the only member of the band not to remain with them during their entire run. Berry eventually returned to the industry in 2022. William Thomas Berry was born on July 31, 1958, in Duluth, Minnesota, the fifth child of Don and Anna Berry. At the age of three, Berry moved with his family to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, where they would remain for the next seven years. In 1968, they moved again, this time to Sandusky, Ohio.

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

Where the record meets the 10 of Hearts

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 Bill Berry, and not a forecast of induction.

You make room for a lot of people and still keep a self inside the room. Your heart works at scale—you create belonging for families, groups, and communities, not just individuals. You're the one who makes everyone feel included, the emotional center of gravity in a room. Love, for you, is something you build collectively.

I'm still young enough that I can do something else.

Paired on shared wording: something, still.

Also on the record

1. In 1972, the Berry family made their final move, to Macon, Georgia, just in time for Bill to start high school at Northeast High School.
2. It was there that he met bass guitarist Mike Mills, and they played together in several different bands, including Shadowfax.
3. Their first attempt at a career in music was short-lived.
4. He and Mills decided to make money by getting day jobs.

Other inductees with this card

• Carl Wilson — 1988 Performers with The Beach Boys
• Chad Smith — 2012 Performers with Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Frank Zappa — 1995 Performers
• Jon Anderson — 2017 Performers with Yes
• Michael Jackson — 1997 Performers with The Jackson 5; 2001 Performers

FAQ

What is Bill Berry's birth card?

The 10 of Hearts. July 31 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 Bill Berry's dates come from?

Birth date 1958-07-31 is the day-precision date on Bill Berry'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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