Gene Clark's Birth Card: The 3 of Clubs

In the record

Harold Eugene Clark (November 17, 1944 – May 24, 1991) was an American singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk rock band the Byrds. The birth-card coordinate for November 17 is the 3 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1991 Performers with The Byrds induction.

Rock Hall record

• 1991 Performers — inducted member of The Byrds

The 3 of Clubs coordinate

Gene Clark's birthday maps to the 3 of Clubs (The Creative Communicator). 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 Gene Clark. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move an idea across more than one channel without abandoning the one that needs depth.

Live 3 of Clubs meaning page

Gene Clark in the public record

He was the Byrds' principal songwriter between 1964 and early 1966, writing most of the band's best-known originals from this period, including "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better", "She Don't Care About Time", "Eight Miles High" and "Set You Free This Time". Although he did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist, Clark was in the vanguard of popular music during much of his career, prefiguring developments in such disparate subgenres as psychedelic rock, baroque pop, newgrass, country rock, and alternative country. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 as a member of the Byrds. Clark was born in Tipton, Missouri, the third of 13 children in a family of Irish, German, and Native American heritage. His family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where as a boy he began learning to play the guitar and harmonica from his father. He was soon playing Hank Williams tunes as well as songs by early rockers such as Elvis Presley and the Everly Brothers. He began writing songs at the age of 11. By the time he was 15, he had developed a rich tenor voice, and he formed a local rock and roll combo, Joe Meyers and the Sharks.

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

Where the record meets the 3 of Clubs

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 Gene Clark, and not a forecast of induction.

You make a hard idea easy to say without stripping what it means. Complex ideas become clear through your expression. You have the gift of making difficult concepts accessible. Your creativity makes thinking feel alive.

Clark wrote or co-wrote many of the Byrds' best-known originals from their first three albums, including "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better", "Set You Free This Time", "Here Without You", "You Won't Have to Cry", "If You're Gone", "The World Turns All Around Her", "She Don't Care About Time" and "Eight Miles High".

Paired on shared wording: feel, without.

Also on the record

1. Like many of his generation, Clark developed an interest in folk music because of the popularity of The Kingston Trio.
2. When he graduated from Bonner Springs High School, in Bonner Springs, Kansas, in 1962, he formed a folk group, the Rum Runners.
3. Clark was invited to join an established regional folk band, the Surf Riders, based in Kansas City at the Castaways Lounge, owned by Hal Harbaum.
4. On August 12, 1963, he was performing with them when he was discovered by the New Christy Minstrels.

Other inductees with this card

• Blaze Bayley — 2026 Performers with Iron Maiden
• Bob Gaudio — 1990 Performers with The Four Seasons
• Don Felder — 1998 Performers with Eagles
• Jim McCarty — 1992 Performers with The Yardbirds
• Jose Chepito Areas — 1998 Performers with Santana
• Keith Moon — 1990 Performers with The Who
• Leonard Cohen — 2008 Performers
• Liam Gallagher — 2026 Performers with Oasis
• Noel Gallagher — 2026 Performers with Oasis
• Patrick Simmons — 2020 Performers with The Doobie Brothers
• Paul Simonon — 2003 Performers with The Clash
• Rudy Lewis — 1988 Performers with The Drifters
• 2 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Gene Clark's birth card?

The 3 of Clubs. November 17 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 Gene Clark's dates come from?

Birth date 1944-11-17 is the day-precision date on Gene Clark'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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