Paul Samwell-Smith's Birth Card: The Jack of Diamonds

In the record

Paul Granville Samwell-Smith (born Paul Granville Smith, 8 May 1943) is an English musician and record producer. The birth-card coordinate for May 8 is the Jack of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1992 Performers with The Yardbirds induction.

Rock Hall record

• 1992 Performers — inducted member of The Yardbirds

The Jack of Diamonds coordinate

Paul Samwell-Smith's birthday maps to the Jack of Diamonds (The Successful Messenger). 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 Paul Samwell-Smith. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You try a new approach to value and you finish enough of it to know if it works.

Live Jack of Diamonds meaning page

Paul Samwell-Smith in the public record

He was a founding member and the bassist of the 1960s English rock band the Yardbirds, which launched leading guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page to fame. Paul Granville Smith was born in Brentford, west London, England on 8 May 1943. Samwell was added to his surname when his parents decided they wanted to merge both of their surnames together, so that his mother would not be known as Mrs. Smith. As a youth, Samwell-Smith attended Hampton School with Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty. Samwell-Smith took up the bass guitar after hearing Ricky Fenson (who was also an early member of The Rolling Stones) playing the instrument. In late May 1963, he formed the Yardbirds with Keith Relf, Anthony Topham, Chris Dreja, and Jim McCarty. During this period his primary instrument was a short-scale Epiphone Rivoli bass.

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

Where the record meets the 5 of Hearts

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 Paul Samwell-Smith, and not a forecast of induction.

Adaptability through emotional change and transition

Samwell was added to his surname when his parents decided they wanted to merge both of their surnames together, so that his mother would not be known as Mrs. Smith.

Paired on relationship and feeling — the domain ♥ governs in this system. Markers in the record: mother.

Also on the record

1. He played on the UK albums, Five Live Yardbirds and Yardbirds (also known as Roger the Engineer) and on the US albums For Your Love, Having a Rave Up, and Over Under Sideways Down (which was Roger the Engineer retitled for the US market), all released on Epic Records.
2. He provided background vocals on many songs like "Good Morning Little School Girl", "For Your Love", "Heart Full of Soul", "Evil Hearted You", and more.
3. He composed the Gregorian chant arrangements and lyrics of the songs "Still I'm Sad" and "Turn Into Earth".
4. While in the Yardbirds he started working on the technical side in the studio.

Other inductees with this card

• Alex Van Halen — 2007 Performers with Van Halen
• Annette Beard — 1995 Performers with Martha and the Vandellas
• Atticus Ross — 2020 Performers with Nine Inch Nails
• Bill Legend — 2020 Performers with T. Rex
• Bill Withers — 2015 Performers
• Bob Bogle — 2008 Performers with The Ventures
• Chris Frantz — 2002 Performers with Talking Heads
• Doris Kenner-Jackson — 1996 Performers with The Shirelles
• Eddie Hazel — 1997 Performers with Parliament-Funkadelic
• Garth Hudson — 1994 Performers with The Band
• James Taylor — 2000 Performers
• Jeremy Spencer — 1998 Performers with Fleetwood Mac
• 11 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Paul Samwell-Smith's birth card?

The Jack of Diamonds. May 8 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 Paul Samwell-Smith's dates come from?

Birth date 1943-05-08 is the day-precision date on Paul Samwell-Smith'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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