Ricky Nelson's Birth Card: The Jack of Diamonds

In the record

Eric Hilliard "Ricky" or "Rick" Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American musician and actor. The birth-card coordinate for May 8 is the Jack of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1987 Performers induction.

Rock Hall record

• 1987 Performers — Ricky Nelson

The Jack of Diamonds coordinate

Ricky Nelson'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 Ricky Nelson. 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

Ricky Nelson in the public record

From age eight, he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. In 1957, he began a long and successful career as a popular recording artist. His fame as both a recording artist and television star also led to a motion picture role co-starring alongside John Wayne, Dean Martin, Walter Brennan, and Angie Dickinson in Howard Hawks's western feature film Rio Bravo (1959). He placed 54 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and its predecessors between 1957 and 1973, including "Poor Little Fool" in 1958, which was the first number one song on Billboard magazine's then-newly created Hot 100 chart. He recorded 17 additional top ten hits and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987. In 1996, Nelson was ranked No. 49 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. Nelson began his entertainment career in 1949, playing himself in the radio sitcom series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Ricky Nelson (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 Ricky Nelson, and not a forecast of induction.

Adaptability through emotional change and transition

From age eight, he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

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

Also on the record

1. In 1952, he appeared in his first feature film, Here Come the Nelsons.
2. In 1957, he recorded his first single ("I'm Walkin'" b/w "A Teenager's Romance", Verve 10047X4S), debuted as a singer on the television version of the sitcom, and released the No.
3. 1 album Ricky.
4. In 1958, Nelson released his first No.

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 Ricky Nelson'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 Ricky Nelson's dates come from?

Birth date 1940-05-08 is the day-precision date on Ricky Nelson'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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