Danny Cedrone's Birth Card: The 10 of Clubs

In the record

Donato Joseph "Danny" Cedrone (June 20, 1920 – June 17, 1954) was an American guitarist and bandleader, best known for his work with Bill Haley & His Comets on their epochal "Rock Around the Clock" in 1954. The birth-card coordinate for June 20 is the 10 of Clubs — 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 10 of Clubs coordinate

Danny Cedrone's birthday maps to the 10 of Clubs (The Master Builder). 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 Danny Cedrone. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You carry a finished body of knowledge and keep teaching from it.

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Danny Cedrone in the public record

Cedrone was born in Jamesville, New York. He had four brothers: Tony, Joseph, Luciano, and Clementino; and four sisters: Laura, Alba, Mary, and Anita. Cedrone's musical career began in the 1940s, but he came into his own in the early 1950s, first as a session guitarist hired by what was then a country and western musical group based in Chester, Pennsylvania, called Bill Haley and His Saddlemen. In 1951, Cedrone played lead on their recording of "Rocket 88", which is considered one of the first acknowledged rock and roll recordings. At around that time, Cedrone formed his own group, The Esquire Boys, and this is believed to be one of the reasons he never joined Haley's group as a full-time member. In 1952, Cedrone played lead guitar on Haley's version of "Rock the Joint", and his swift guitar solo, which combined a jazz-influenced first half followed by a lightning-fast down-scale run, was a highlight of the recording. (Haley's piano player, Johnny Grande, later described this solo as a "trademark" that Cedrone often used.) Cedrone's involvement with the Esquire Boys kept him off of Haley's recording schedule for most of 1952 and 1953 (noted jazz guitarist Art Ryerson replaced him). During this time, Cedrone made a number of recordings with the Esquires, most notably two versions of the Bill Haley composition "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie", several years before Haley would record it himself. The first version was released in December 1952 on Rainbow Records as 200.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Danny Cedrone (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 10♣, 4♠, J♠, 8♦, 7♣, Q♠, K♠, 3♥, A♣, Q♣, 10♠, 5♣, 3♦, A♠, 7♥. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast induction.

Also on the record

1. The Esquire Boys recorded a second version of "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie" in 1954 released as Guyden 705-A, which reached no.
2. 42 on the Cashbox pop singles chart on October 30, 1954.
3. "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie" would also be recorded by Bill Haley and the Comets in 1955 on Decca, Buddy Morrow on Mercury, Johnny Curtis with the Toppers on Tops, Gabe Drake and his Rockets with the Orchestra under Maury Laws on Prom 1135, Willie Restum and His Music on Capitol, the Deep River Boys on HMV in 1956, Ivor and the Basil Kirchin Band in the UK, Artie Malvin and the Rhythm Rockets on Waldorf Music Hall Records MH 33 149 in 1955 on the Rock and Roll album, Artie Malvin with the Deerhill Dudes on the Waldorf 33 BU 2 Rock 'N Roll Jamboree album in 1958, The Treniers on Okeh 7023, Truck Stop in 1973, Omar Lamparter, The Original Band, The Danish Sharks, The Jodimars in 1955 for Capitol which was unissued, and the Brian Setzer Orchestra in 2000.
4. Cedrone returned to work with Haley's group in 1954, by which time it had been renamed The Comets.

Other inductees with this card

• Billy Guy — 1987 Performers with The Coasters
• Bobby Elliott — 2010 Performers with The Hollies
• Brian Jones — 1989 Performers with The Rolling Stones
• Brian Wilson — 1988 Performers with The Beach Boys
• Calvin Simon — 1997 Performers with Parliament-Funkadelic
• Diana Ross — 1988 Performers with The Supremes
• Dion — 1989 Performers
• Doug Clifford — 1993 Performers with Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Ed King — 2006 Performers with Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Glen Buxton — 2011 Performers with Alice Cooper
• Gregg Allman — 1995 Performers with The Allman Brothers Band
• Ian Stewart — 1989 Performers with The Rolling Stones
• 22 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Danny Cedrone's birth card?

The 10 of Clubs. June 20 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 Danny Cedrone's dates come from?

Birth date 1920-06-20 is the day-precision date on Danny Cedrone'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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