Pete Quaife's Birth Card: The Joker

In the record

Peter Alexander Greenlaw Quaife (né Kinnes; 31 December 1943 – 23 June 2010) was an English musician, artist and author. The birth-card coordinate for December 31 is the Joker — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1990 Performers with The Kinks induction.

Rock Hall record

• 1990 Performers — inducted member of The Kinks

The Joker coordinate

Pete Quaife's birthday maps to the Joker (The Joker: The December 31 Birth Card). 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 Pete Quaife. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: In a common year, 364 dates map to one of the 52 cards and December 31 resolves to the Joker. A leap year adds February 29, which maps normally to the 9 of Clubs. We state both edge cases plainly — the system is more useful when the public explanation matches the calculator.

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Pete Quaife in the public record

He was a founding member and the original bassist for the Kinks, from 1963 until 1969. He also sang backing vocals on some of their records. Quaife founded a group known as the Ravens in 1963 with brothers Ray and Dave Davies. In late 1963 or early 1964, they changed their name to the Kinks. The group scored several major international hits throughout the 1960s. Their early singles, including "You Really Got Me" and "All Day and All of the Night", have been cited as an early influence on the hard rock and heavy metal genres. In the band's early days, Quaife, who was generally regarded as the best-looking member, was often their spokesman. He departed from the Kinks in 1969 and formed the band Mapleoak, which he left in April 1970.

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

Also on the record

1. After retiring from the music business, Quaife resided in Denmark throughout the 1970s.
2. He relocated to Belleville, Ontario, Canada in 1980, where he worked as a cartoonist and artist.
3. He was diagnosed with kidney failure in 1998 and moved back to Denmark in 2005.
4. Quaife died on 23 June 2010 of kidney failure.

Other inductees with this card

• Andy Summers — 2003 Performers with The Police
• Donna Summer — 2013 Performers
• Tom Hamilton — 2001 Performers with Aerosmith

FAQ

What is Pete Quaife's birth card?

The Joker. December 31 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 Pete Quaife's dates come from?

Birth date 1943-12-31 is the day-precision date on Pete Quaife'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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