Dave Prater's Birth Card: The 10 of Diamonds

In the record

David Prater Jr. (May 9, 1937 – April 9, 1988) was an American Southern soul and rhythm & blues singer and musician, who was the deeper baritone/tenor vocalist of the soul vocal duo Sam & Dave from 1961 until his death in 1988. The birth-card coordinate for May 9 is the 10 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1992 Performers with Sam & Dave induction.

Rock Hall record

• 1992 Performers — inducted member of Sam & Dave

The 10 of Diamonds coordinate

Dave Prater's birthday maps to the 10 of Diamonds (The Wealthy Master). 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 Dave Prater. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build enough and keep it structured so it actually holds.

Live 10 of Diamonds meaning page

Dave Prater in the public record

He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1992), the Grammy Hall of Fame (1999, for the song "Soul Man"), the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame (1997), and he was a Grammy Award–winning (1967) and multiple Gold Record award-winning recording artist. Sam & Dave were the most successful and critically acclaimed duo in soul music history, according to Rolling Stone magazine, and brought the sounds of the black gospel church to pop music with their string of call-and-response hit records. Primarily recorded at Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, from 1965 through 1968, these songs included "Soul Man", "Hold On, I'm Coming", "I Thank You", and other Southern soul classics. Other than Aretha Franklin, no other soul act during Sam & Dave's hit-making Stax years (1966–1968) had more consistent R&B chart success, which included 10 consecutive top 20 singles and 3 consecutive top 10 LPs. "Soul Man" has been recognized as one of the most influential songs of the past 50 years by many organizations, including the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone Magazine, and RIAA Songs of the Century. "Soul Man" was used as the soundtrack and title for both a 1986 film and a 1997–1998 television series. Nicknamed "Double Dynamite" for their energetic and sweaty, gospel-infused performances, Sam & Dave were also considered by critics to be one of the greatest live performing acts of the 1960s. The duo has been cited as a musical influence by numerous artists, including Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, and Stevie Winwood.

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

Where the record meets the Ace 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 Dave Prater, and not a forecast of induction.

You start a resource in motion because you trust you can make and keep value. You're wired to build, accumulate, and create resources. Money and material success are your native language. You're the one who starts from nothing and builds something.

Their first two singles failed to chart, but the duo's November 1965 single, "You Don't Know Like I Know," started a series of ten straight top twenty Billboard R&B hits, including "Hold On, I'm Comin'" (1966), "You Got Me Hummin'" (1966), "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (1967), "Soul Man" (1967), and "I Thank You" (1968).

Paired on shared wording: something, started.

Also on the record

1. The Blues Brothers, and the film of the same name, helped create a major resurgence of popular interest in soul, R&B, and blues music in the 1980s, and the franchise was heavily influenced by Sam & Dave; their biggest hit was their top 20 cover of "Soul Man", and their act and stage show was patterned after Sam & Dave's.
2. The seventh of ten children, Prater was born in Ocilla, Georgia, where he grew up singing gospel music in the church choir, and was a veteran of the gospel group the Sensational Hummingbirds, in which he sang with his older brother, J.
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4. Prater.

Other inductees with this card

• Adam Clayton — 2005 Performers with U2
• Barry Gibb — 1997 Performers with Bee Gees
• Billy Joel — 1999 Performers
• Dave Gahan — 2020 Performers with Depeche Mode
• David Brown — 1998 Performers with Santana
• Gregg Errico — 1993 Performers with Sly and the Family Stone
• James Hetfield — 2009 Performers with Metallica
• Marshall Lytle — 2012 Performers with The Comets
• Mick Avory — 1990 Performers with The Kinks
• Mick Taylor — 1989 Performers with The Rolling Stones
• Nokie Edwards — 2008 Performers with The Ventures
• Paul McGuigan — 2026 Performers with Oasis
• 7 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Dave Prater's birth card?

The 10 of Diamonds. May 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 Dave Prater's dates come from?

Birth date 1937-05-09 is the day-precision date on Dave Prater'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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