Billy Williamson's Birth Card: The 3 of Spades

In the record

William F. The birth-card coordinate for February 9 is the 3 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2012 Performers with The Comets induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2012 Performers — inducted member of The Comets

The 3 of Spades coordinate

Billy Williamson's birthday maps to the 3 of Spades (The Sorrowful Truth). 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 Billy Williamson. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You stay with the hard feeling long enough to learn it, then you let the day continue.

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Billy Williamson in the public record

Williamson (February 9, 1925 – March 22, 1996) was the American steel guitar player for Bill Haley and His Saddlemen, and its successor group Bill Haley & His Comets, from 1949 to 1963. A founding member of both the Saddlemen and the Comets, Williamson often acted as the band's emcee and comic relief during live concerts; he also played lead guitar on occasion. He was with the band when they recorded "Rock Around the Clock" in 1954 and appeared with the band when they performed the song on the Milton Berle Show and the Ed Sullivan Show in 1955. Williamson had the distinction of being the only Comet allowed to record lead vocal tracks during Haley's tenure at Decca Records (such as the song "Hide and Seek" on their 1956 album, Rock and Roll Stage Show and "B.B. Betty" on the 1958 Bill Haley's Chicks album. He also shared a number of songwriting credits with Haley. His wife, Catherine Cafra, was also credited as co-writer of a number of songs recorded by Haley, including the 1958 hit, "Skinny Minnie." He appeared in the rock and roll movies Rock Around the Clock and Don't Knock the Rock in 1956, "Hier bin ich - hier bleib' ich" (Here I Am, Here I Stay) in 1959, and Jóvenes y rebeldes and Besito a Papa in 1961. Williamson left the Comets in early 1963 and reportedly never played another note, declining invitations to join Comets' reunion groups that formed after Haley's death in 1981.

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

Where the record meets the cards

No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 3♠, J♦, 6♦, 9♦, 5♦, Q♦, 9♥, 7♣, Q♠, J♣, 7♠, 2♣, K♣, 4♥, 4♦, 2♠, 8♥, 6♣. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast induction.

Also on the record

1. He died at the age of 71 in 1996.
2. In 2012, Williamson was inducted as a member of the Comets into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by a special committee, aimed to correct the previous mistake of not inducting the band with Bill Haley in 1987.
3. In 1958, he co-wrote the hit "Week End" with Franny Beecher and Rudy Pompilli, which reached no.35 on the Billboard pop chart when released as a single on East West Records by The Kingsmen, a group made up of The Comets, as East West 115.
4. He co-wrote the follow-up single as well, "The Catwalk", with Franny Beecher, also released on East West as East West 120.

Other inductees with this card

• Agnetha Fältskog — 2010 Performers with ABBA
• Alan Wilder — 2020 Performers with Depeche Mode
• Allan Clarke — 2010 Performers with The Hollies
• Carole King — 2021 Performers
• Chris White — 2019 Performers with The Zombies
• Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas — 2024 Performers with Kool & the Gang
• Ernie Isley — 1992 Performers with The Isley Brothers
• Frankie Valli — 1990 Performers with The Four Seasons
• James Brown — 1986 Performers; 2012 Performers with The Famous Flames
• Mary J. Blige — 2024 Performers
• Mike McCready — 2017 Performers with Pearl Jam
• Ronnie Wood — 1989 Performers with The Rolling Stones; 2012 Performers with The Small Faces
• 3 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Billy Williamson's birth card?

The 3 of Spades. February 9 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 Billy Williamson's dates come from?

Birth date 1925-02-09 is the day-precision date on Billy Williamson'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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