Marv Tarplin's Birth Card: The 4 of Diamonds

In the record

Marvin “Marv” Tarplin (June 13, 1941 – September 30, 2011) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist for the Miracles from the 1950s through the early 1970s. The birth-card coordinate for June 13 is the 4 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2012 Performers with The Miracles induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2012 Performers — inducted member of The Miracles

The 4 of Diamonds coordinate

Marv Tarplin'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 Marv Tarplin. 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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Marv Tarplin in the public record

He was one of the group's original members and co-wrote several of their biggest hits, including the 1965 Grammy Hall Of Fame-inducted "The Tracks of My Tears". He is also a winner of the BMI Songwriter's Award, and the ASCAP Award Of Merit, and was a 2012 posthumous inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Miracles. Referred to as the Miracles' "secret weapon", Tarplin began his career accompanying the Supremes, who at the time were still teenagers and known as the Primettes. They were seeking an audition with Motown Records, and Tarplin played guitar as they performed for Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson. Robinson was impressed by Tarplin's guitar playing and lured him away from the Primettes to join the Miracles in 1958. In the 2006 Motown DVD release, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles: The Definitive Performances 1963–1987, Robinson and fellow Miracles Pete Moore and Bobby Rogers commented that Tarplin's guitar playing style was reminiscent of the late Curtis Mayfield, and was the inspiration behind many of their greatest hits. His guitar riffs at the beginning of the Miracles' 1965 Grammy Hall of Fame million-seller, "The Tracks of My Tears", are among the most famous in pop music history. While Tarplin remained with the Miracles for as long as Robinson was their lead singer, he is only present on the cover of three classic Miracles albums: Cookin' with the Miracles (1962), I'll Try Something New (1962), and The Fabulous Miracles (1963).

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

Where the record meets the King 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 Marv Tarplin, and not a forecast of induction.

Clear thinking and decisive action

He was one of the group's original members and co-wrote several of their biggest hits, including the 1965 Grammy Hall Of Fame-inducted "The Tracks of My Tears".

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

Also on the record

1. He is mentioned, though not pictured, on the back cover of the group's very first album, Hi...
2. We're the Miracles (1961), and listed as an original group member.
3. As a songwriter, Tarplin helped co-compose many of the Miracles' hit singles, amongst them the million-selling Grammy Hall of Fame winner "The Tracks of My Tears" for which he received the ASCAP Award of Merit (1965), "My Girl Has Gone" (1965), "I Like It Like That", (1964), "Going to a Go-Go" (1965), "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" (1967), and "Point It Out" (1968).
4. In addition, Tarplin co-wrote several Robinson-produced hits by Marvin Gaye, including the Top 10 million selling hits "Ain't That Peculiar" and "I'll Be Doggone".

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
• Howard Leese — 2013 Performers with Heart
• Jerry Harrison — 2002 Performers with Talking Heads
• John Densmore — 1993 Performers with The Doors
• LeRoi Moore — 2024 Performers with Dave Matthews Band
• Nina Simone — 2018 Performers
• 6 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Marv Tarplin'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 Marv Tarplin's dates come from?

Birth date 1941-06-13 is the day-precision date on Marv Tarplin'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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