Ronnie Lane's Birth Card: The 7 of Spades

In the record

Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who was the bassist and co-founder of the rock bands Small Faces (1965–1969) and Faces (1969–1973). The birth-card coordinate for April 1 is the 7 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2012 Performers with The Small Faces induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2012 Performers — inducted member of The Small Faces

The 7 of Spades coordinate

Ronnie Lane's birthday maps to the 7 of Spades (The Questioning Mind). 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 Ronnie Lane. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You study the hard pattern until you can name it, then you do the next honest thing.

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Ronnie Lane in the public record

Lane formed Small Faces in 1965 after meeting Steve Marriott, with whom he subsequently wrote many of their hit singles including "All or Nothing", "Itchycoo Park" and "Lazy Sunday". After Marriott left Small Faces in 1968, band members Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenny Jones were joined by Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood to form Faces. Like Small Faces, the band achieved critical and commercial success. Lane quit the Faces in 1973 and subsequently collaborated with other musicians, leading his own bands and pursuing a solo career. In 1977, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He was supported by charity projects and financial contributions from friends, former bandmates and fans. After living with the disease for 21 years, he died in June 1997, aged 51. For his work in both Small Faces and Faces, Lane was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.

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

Natural authority and command over resources

Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who was the bassist and co-founder of the rock bands Small Faces (1965–1969) and Faces (1969–1973).

Paired on value and commerce — the domain ♦ governs in this system. Markers in the record: founder.

Also on the record

1. He had two children, and two stepchildren who took his name.

Other inductees with this card

• Cliff Martinez — 2012 Performers with Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Duff McKagan — 2012 Performers with Guns N' Roses
• Kathy Valentine — 2021 Performers with The Go-Go's
• Rudolph Isley — 1992 Performers with The Isley Brothers

FAQ

What is Ronnie Lane's birth card?

The 7 of Spades. April 1 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 Ronnie Lane's dates come from?

Birth date 1946-04-01 is the day-precision date on Ronnie Lane'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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