Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Performers · birth-card coordinate
Sammy Strain's Birth Card: The 9 of Clubs
The Humanitarian Builder
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction.
In the record
Samuel Strain Jr. (born December 9, 1939)note is an American retired R&B vocalist, known for his time as a member of Little Anthony and the Imperials (1961–1972; 1992–2004) and The O'Jays (1976–1992). The birth-card coordinate for December 9 is the 9 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2005 Performers with The O'Jays; 2009 Performers with Little Anthony and the Imperials induction.
Rock Hall record
- 2005 Performers — inducted member of The O'Jays
- 2009 Performers — inducted member of Little Anthony and the Imperials
The 9 of Clubs coordinate
Sammy Strain's birthday maps to the 9 of Clubs (The Humanitarian Builder). 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 Sammy Strain. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You let a used-up framework go and keep the part that still works.
Sammy Strain in the public record
He holds the unusual distinction of being twice inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: in 2005 with the O'Jays and in 2009 with Little Anthony and the Imperials. Strain was born to Sammy Strain Sr. and Margaret Mosley in Brooklyn in 1939. He visited the Apollo Theater as a teenager, and dropped out of Alexander Hamilton High School, Brooklyn age 16. Strain formed The Chips with several friends in 1956. He sang with a tenor voice. In 1961, Strain joined The Imperials; they were later rejoined by their lead singer, Jerome "Little Anthony" Gourdine, and returned to the group's original name, Little Anthony and the Imperials. Strain left the group in 1972 and was replaced by their choreographer Harold Jenkins. Strain then shifted to a career in food service, having a restaurant in Los Angeles and did not sing professionally for three years.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Sammy Strain (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the cards
Cards in Sammy Strain's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 9♣ — Birth Card: The Humanitarian Builder
- 6♦ — Karma — Environment: The Generous Provider
- Q♥ — Karma — Displacement: The Devoted Nurturer
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- 9♠ — Life Spread — Mercury
- 2♥ — Life Spread — Venus
- K♥ — Life Spread — Mars
- 6♥ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 4♣ — Life Spread — Uranus
- 2♦ — Life Spread — Neptune
- J♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- 8♣ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
- K♦ — Planetary Ruling Card: The Wealthy King
- 7♠ — PRC Karma — Environment: The Questioning Mind
- 3♣ — PRC Karma — Displacement: The Creative Communicator
- 4♠ — PRC Life Spread — Neptune: The Rigid Truth
- 10♥ — PRC Life Spread — Pluto: The Community Heart
- 10♦ — PRC Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward: The Wealthy Master
Birth card from the month and day. Karma cards are fixed to the birth card. The planetary ruling card comes from the sun sign's ruling planet — the signs with two rulers carry two. The Life Spread is the birth card's fixed row of nine in the Life Spread — the cards that colour each 52-day period for life. Planetary period and long-range cards move year by year and are not shown on a static page.
No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 9♣, 6♦, Q♥, K♦, 7♠, 3♣, 9♠, 2♥, K♥, 6♥, 4♣, 2♦, J♠, 8♣, 4♠, 10♥, 10♦. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast induction.
Also on the record
- At the end of that period, he was briefly a member of The Fandangos with Lonnie Cook and Alvin Walker.
- He also auditioned to be the lead singer for the group Arpeggio.
- In 1976, Strain joined the O'Jays as the replacement for original O'Jays member William Powell, who left the group due to illness (colon cancer).
- Powell died shortly thereafter.
Other inductees with this card
- Albert King — 2013 Performers
- Allen Collins — 2006 Performers with Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Belinda Carlisle — 2021 Performers with The Go-Go's
- Bernie Leadon — 1998 Performers with Eagles
- Björn Ulvaeus — 2010 Performers with ABBA
- Brian May — 2001 Performers with Queen
- Dennis Dunaway — 2011 Performers with Alice Cooper
- Graham Simpson — 2019 Performers with Roxy Music
- Jason Cooper — 2019 Performers with The Cure
- Joey Kramer — 2001 Performers with Aerosmith
- John Lydon — 2006 Performers with Sex Pistols
- Keith Godchaux — 1994 Performers with The Grateful Dead
- 11 more inductees share this card.
FAQ
- What is Sammy Strain's birth card?
- The 9 of Clubs. December 9 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 Sammy Strain's dates come from?
- Birth date 1939-12-09 is the day-precision date on Sammy Strain'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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Sources: RockHall.com (induction record) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Performers list, Sammy Strain) + Wikidata CC0 (Q101072281). Birth date 1939-12-09 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).