Martha Reeves's Birth Card: The 10 of Clubs

In the record

Martha Rose Reeves (born July 18, 1941) is an American singer. The birth-card coordinate for July 18 is the 10 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1995 Performers with Martha and the Vandellas induction.

Rock Hall record

• 1995 Performers — inducted member of Martha and the Vandellas

The 10 of Clubs coordinate

Martha Reeves'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 Martha Reeves. 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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Martha Reeves in the public record

She is best known for being the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas, which scored several major hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart such as "Nowhere to Run", "Heat Wave", "Jimmy Mack", and "Dancing in the Street" among others. From 2005 until 2009, Reeves served as an elected councilwoman in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Reeves at number 151 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. Martha Rose Reeves was born in Eufaula, Alabama on July 18, 1941. She is the third child and eldest daughter of 11 children. She was a baby when the family moved from Eufaula to Detroit, Michigan, where her grandfather, Reverend Elijah Reeves, was a minister at Detroit's Metropolitan Church. The family was very active in the church and its choir.

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

Where the record meets the Jack of Spades

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 Martha Reeves, and not a forecast of induction.

You name what is actually happening and you remain after you have said it. You have the gift of saying what needs to be said, even when it's hard. You're the one who speaks up when others stay silent.

I would find nice ways of saying, 'Martha, you know, come back later.'" Reeves added, "And I must have looked like I was gonna cry or something, cos he said, 'Answer this phone.

Paired on shared wording: said, saying.

Also on the record

1. Elijah played guitar, and Ruby liked to sing; the children acquired their love of music from their parents.
2. At Detroit's Northeastern High School, her vocal coach was Abraham Silver, who also worked with Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson (of the Supremes) and Bobby Rogers (of the Miracles).
3. Raised on gospel, and inspired by singers like Lena Horne and Della Reese, Reeves became a fan of R&B and doo-wop music.
4. She joined the Fascinations in 1959, but left the group before they became a recording act.

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
• Danny Cedrone — 2012 Performers with The Comets
• 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
• 22 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Martha Reeves's birth card?

The 10 of Clubs. July 18 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 Martha Reeves's dates come from?

Birth date 1941-07-18 is the day-precision date on Martha Reeves'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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