Rick Wright's Birth Card: The King of Hearts

In the record

Richard William Wright (28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008) was an English keyboardist, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd. The birth-card coordinate for July 28 is the King of Hearts — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1996 Performers with Pink Floyd induction.

Rock Hall record

• 1996 Performers — inducted member of Pink Floyd

The King of Hearts coordinate

Rick Wright's birthday maps to the King of Hearts (The Compassionate King). 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 Rick Wright. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You hold emotional authority without hiding behind it.

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Rick Wright in the public record

He appeared on almost every Pink Floyd album and performed on all of their tours. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a member of Pink Floyd. Wright grew up in Hatch End, Middlesex, and met his future Pink Floyd bandmates Roger Waters and Nick Mason while studying architecture at the Regent Street Polytechnic, London. After being joined by frontman and songwriter Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd achieved commercial success in 1967. Barrett was replaced by David Gilmour in 1968, who, along with Waters and Wright, took over songwriting. Wright initially contributed significantly to the band as a singer-songwriter, writing and providing lead vocals on songs including "Remember a Day" and the single "It Would Be So Nice" (both 1968). Later, Wright acted mainly as an arranger on compositions by Waters and Gilmour. He began to contribute less towards the end of the 1970s and left the band after touring The Wall in 1981.

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

Where the record meets the King of Diamonds

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 Rick Wright, and not a forecast of induction.

Natural authority and command over resources

Richard William Wright (28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008) was an English keyboardist, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd.

Paired on value and commerce — the domain ♦ governs in this system. Markers in the record: founded. This line comes from the Mercury position of the K♥'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. He rejoined as a session player in 1987 for A Momentary Lapse of Reason, becoming a full-time member again for The Division Bell in 1994.
2. Sessions with Wright during this period were later released on the 2014 album The Endless River.
3. Wright's jazz influences and distinctive keyboard playing were an important part of the Pink Floyd sound.
4. As well as playing Farfisa and Hammond organs and Kurzweil synthesisers, he sang regularly in the band and took lead vocals on songs such as "Time" (1973) and "Wearing the Inside Out" (1994).

Other inductees with this card

• Chas Chandler — 1994 Performers with The Animals
• Duane Allman — 1995 Performers with The Allman Brothers Band
• Eddie Brigati — 1997 Performers with The (Young) Rascals
• Elliot Easton — 2018 Performers with The Cars
• Florence Ballard — 1988 Performers with The Supremes
• Greg Hawkes — 2018 Performers with The Cars
• Joe Walsh — 1998 Performers with Eagles
• Keith Richards — 1989 Performers with The Rolling Stones
• Mel Taylor — 2008 Performers with The Ventures
• Michael "Mike D" Diamond — 2012 Performers with Beastie Boys
• Mike Bloomfield — 2015 Performers with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
• Phife Dawg — 2024 Performers with A Tribe Called Quest
• 1 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Rick Wright's birth card?

The King of Hearts. July 28 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 Rick Wright's dates come from?

Birth date 1943-07-28 is the day-precision date on Rick Wright'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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