Tom Fogerty's Birth Card: The Jack of Clubs

In the record

Thomas Richard Fogerty (November 9, 1941 – September 6, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival. The birth-card coordinate for November 9 is the Jack of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1993 Performers with Creedence Clearwater Revival induction.

Rock Hall record

• 1993 Performers — inducted member of Creedence Clearwater Revival

The Jack of Clubs coordinate

Tom Fogerty's birthday maps to the Jack of Clubs (The Creative 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 Tom Fogerty. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You bring a new angle and you let someone pressure-test it before it ships.

Live Jack of Clubs meaning page

Tom Fogerty in the public record

He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Fogerty was born in Berkeley, California, one of five sons in a family of Irish descent. He grew up in nearby El Cerrito and attended Saint Mary's College High School in Berkeley, where he played on the football team. He also began singing rock and roll music with the Playboys, who played high school dances, his signature song being Bobby Freeman's "Do You Want to Dance." This attracted the attention of Spider Webb and the Insects, a top local group, who asked him to join. In 1959, the group signed a recording contract with Del-Fi Records shortly after Fogerty graduated from high school, but the group dissolved later that year, their single "Lyda Jane" never seeing release. After the breakup of Spider Webb and the Insects, Tom began performing as a solo artist. Tom's younger brother John had his own band, the Blue Velvets, who began backing Tom, and Tom later joined the band. Tommy Fogerty & the Blue Velvets recorded three singles, with Tom on lead vocals, for Orchestra Records in 1961 and 1962.

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

Where the record meets the 10 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 Tom Fogerty, and not a forecast of induction.

Expanding love and belonging across a community

Fogerty was born in Berkeley, California, one of five sons in a family of Irish descent.

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

Also on the record

1. During this era, Tom sometimes used the pseudonym "Rann Wild" for songwriting credits while John used "Toby Green".
2. By 1964, the group had signed with Fantasy Records, who renamed the band the Golliwogs, with Tom and John sharing lead vocal duties.
3. In 1967, John quit his job with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, adding his savings to the collective pool of funds used to keep the band afloat.
4. That same year, the band was redubbed Creedence Clearwater Revival, with John as the lead singer and sole songwriter, prompting Tom to begin improving his rudimentary guitar skills.

Other inductees with this card

• Adrian Smith — 2026 Performers with Iron Maiden
• Andrew Woolfolk — 2000 Performers with Earth, Wind & Fire
• Ann Wilson — 2013 Performers with Heart
• Aretha Franklin — 1987 Performers
• Bill Pinkney — 1988 Performers with The Drifters
• Billy Davenport — 2015 Performers with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
• Bobby Byrd — 2012 Performers with The Famous Flames
• Daryl Hall — 2014 Performers with Hall & Oates
• Elton John — 1994 Performers
• Geezer Butler — 2006 Performers with Black Sabbath
• Gem Archer — 2026 Performers with Oasis
• Hilton Valentine — 1994 Performers with The Animals
• 13 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Tom Fogerty's birth card?

The Jack of Clubs. November 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 Tom Fogerty's dates come from?

Birth date 1941-11-09 is the day-precision date on Tom Fogerty'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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