Marshall Lytle's Birth Card: The 10 of Diamonds

In the record

Marshall Edward Lytle (September 1, 1933 – May 25, 2013) was an American rock and roll bassist, best known for his work with the groups Bill Haley & His Comets and The Jodimars in the 1950s. The birth-card coordinate for September 1 is the 10 of Diamonds — 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 Diamonds coordinate

Marshall Lytle'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 Marshall Lytle. 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

Marshall Lytle in the public record

He played upright slap bass on the iconic 1950s rock and roll records "Crazy Man, Crazy", "Shake, Rattle and Roll", and "Rock Around the Clock". Born in Old Fort, North Carolina, Lytle was a guitar player before joining Bill Haley's country music group, The Saddlemen, in 1951. But Lytle was hired to play double bass for the group, replacing departing musician Al Rex, so Haley taught Lytle the basics of slap bass playing. Lytle, who was only a teenager at the time, grew a moustache in order to look a little older, and became a full-time member of The Saddlemen and, in September 1952, he was with the group when they changed their name to Bill Haley & His Comets. Soon after, Lytle co-wrote with Haley the band's first national hit, "Crazy Man, Crazy" although he did not receive co-authorship credit for it (until 2002). Lytle played on all of Haley's recordings between mid-1951 and the summer of 1955, including the epochal "Rock Around the Clock" in 1954 (fellow Jodimars saxophonist Joey Ambrose and drummer Dick Richards also appeared on the original of the classic track). He was paid $41.25 for the three-hour Decca recording session which also included the original A side, "Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town)". He played a late 1940s model Epiphone B5 upright double bass, purchased in October 1951, for about $275.

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

Where the record meets the Queen 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 Marshall Lytle, and not a forecast of induction.

Deep wisdom and thoughtful guidance

But Lytle was hired to play double bass for the group, replacing departing musician Al Rex, so Haley taught Lytle the basics of slap bass playing.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: taught.

Also on the record

1. He used gut strings for the G and D strings while the A and E strings were wound.
2. Lytle's style of playing, which involved slapping the strings to make a percussive sound, is considered one of the signature sounds of early rock and roll and rockabilly.
3. The athletic Lytle also developed a stage routine, along with Ambrose, that involved doing acrobatic stunts with the bass fiddle, including throwing it in the air and riding it like a horse.
4. This became a signature performance for The Comets that later musicians working for Haley were instructed to emulate.

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
• Dave Prater — 1992 Performers with Sam & Dave
• David Brown — 1998 Performers with Santana
• Gregg Errico — 1993 Performers with Sly and the Family Stone
• James Hetfield — 2009 Performers with Metallica
• 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 Marshall Lytle's birth card?

The 10 of Diamonds. September 1 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 Marshall Lytle's dates come from?

Birth date 1933-09-01 is the day-precision date on Marshall Lytle'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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