Howard Leese's Birth Card: The 4 of Diamonds

In the record

Howard M. The birth-card coordinate for June 13 is the 4 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2013 Performers with Heart induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2013 Performers — inducted member of Heart

The 4 of Diamonds coordinate

Howard Leese's birthday maps to the 4 of Diamonds (The Financial Foundation 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 Howard Leese. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it.

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Howard Leese in the public record

Leese (born June 13, 1951) is an American guitarist, record producer, and musical director who played with Heart as guitarist and keyboardist for 23 years (1975 through 1998). He continues to record and tour as a solo artist, and as guitarist with The Paul Rodgers Band and Bad Company. In 2013, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Heart. Howard received his inspiration to pick up the guitar during the 1960s after seeing Dick Dale, the guitarist in the surf band "the Del-Tones", and feeling the excitement from his playing. He studied violin and music theory at the City College, Los Angeles, and also played in a band called The Zoo. Leese had his first recording contract with Ed Cobb's Sunburst label at the age of 15, as the band The Zoo with friend and drummer Mike Flicker. Later, when Flicker went to work for Jack Herschorn at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, Leese went with him as a production manager. While there, he and Shelly Siegel started Mushroom Records.

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

Where the record meets the 4 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 Howard Leese, and not a forecast of induction.

Strong financial planning and foresight

He continues to record and tour as a solo artist, and as guitarist with The Paul Rodgers Band and Bad Company.

Paired on value and commerce — the domain ♦ governs in this system. Markers in the record: company.

Also on the record

1. It was at Mushroom Studios in 1974 that Leese helped produce a demo for Heart.
2. The next year, Mushroom Records signed Heart and released the group's first album Dreamboat Annie which Flicker produced.
3. Leese was assistant producer on the album, and was asked to join the band later that year.
4. He played with the band until 1998, when the Wilson sisters put the band on hiatus for several years to pursue other projects and devote more time to their personal lives.

Other inductees with this card

• Benmont Tench — 2002 Performers with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Billy Henderson — 2023 Performers with The Spinners
• Brian Eno — 2019 Performers with Roxy Music
• Brian Johnson — 2003 Performers with AC/DC
• Buddy Holly — 1986 Performers; 2012 Performers with The Crickets
• Chrissie Hynde — 2005 Performers with The Pretenders
• Eazy-E — 2016 Performers with N.W.A
• Jerry Harrison — 2002 Performers with Talking Heads
• John Densmore — 1993 Performers with The Doors
• LeRoi Moore — 2024 Performers with Dave Matthews Band
• Marv Tarplin — 2012 Performers with The Miracles
• Nina Simone — 2018 Performers
• 6 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Howard Leese's birth card?

The 4 of Diamonds. June 13 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 Howard Leese's dates come from?

Birth date 1951-06-13 is the day-precision date on Howard Leese'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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