Tommy Facenda's Birth Card: The 10 of Clubs

In the record

Eugene Thomas Facenda (November 10, 1939 – November 18, 2022), better known as Tommy Facenda, was an American rock and roll singer and guitarist. The birth-card coordinate for November 10 is the 10 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2012 Performers with The Blue Caps induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2012 Performers — inducted member of The Blue Caps

The 10 of Clubs coordinate

Tommy Facenda's birthday maps to the 10 of Clubs (The Master 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 Tommy Facenda. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You carry a finished body of knowledge and keep teaching from it.

Live 10 of Clubs meaning page

Tommy Facenda in the public record

He is best known for his 1959 single "High School U.S.A." Born Eugene Thomas Facenda in Portsmouth, Virginia, on November 10, 1939, he joined Gene Vincent's Blue Caps in 1957, where he performed as a backup vocalist and was given the nickname "Bubba". Facenda and Paul Peek became known as "The Clapper Boys" of Vincent's band, because of their trademark handclap style during live shows. Facenda toured with Vincent and appeared in films with him, but by 1958 had left Vincent to seek a solo career. Facenda signed with Nasco Records and released his first single, "Little Baby" b/w "You Are My Everything". The single received no attention and he headed to New York City, where he met Frank Guida, the head of Legrand Records. Guida asked him to record a novelty song entitled "High School U.S.A.", in which Facenda listed names of high schools in his home state of Virginia. Atlantic Records picked up the song for national distribution and had him record 28 different versions of the tune, using regional high school names across the country. The song became a nationwide hit, reaching No.

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

Where the record meets the Queen of Clubs

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 Tommy Facenda, and not a forecast of induction.

You teach from what you actually know, without making people earn the right to hear it. You have wisdom, understanding, and the natural ability to mentor. You create intellectual safety where people can grow. You're the wise guide.

"Little Baby" / "You're My Everything" – Nasco 6018 – 1958 "High School U.S.A." (National version) / "Give Me Another Chance" – Legrand 1001 – 1959 "High School U.S.A." (Regional versions, see below) / "Plea Of Love" – Atlantic 51–78 – 1959 "Bubba Ditty" / "I Don't Know" – Atlantic 2057 – 1960 "High School U.S.A." (National version) / "High School U.S.A." (Los Angeles Version) – Legrand 1001 (reissue) Virginia—45–51 New York City—45–52 North & South Carolina—45–53 Washington D.C. / Baltimore—45–54 Philadelphia—45–55 Detroit—45–56 Pittsburgh—45–57 Minneapolis/St. Paul—45–58 Florida—45–59 Newark, New Jersey—45–60 Boston—45–61 Cleveland—45–62 Buffalo—45–63 Hartford, Connecticut—45–64 Nashville—45–65 Indianapolis—45–66 Chicago—45–67 New Orleans—45–68 St. Louis & Kansas City—45–69 Georgia & Alabama—45–70 Cincinnati—45–71 Memphis—45–72 Los Angeles—45–73 San Francisco—45–74 Texas—45–75 Seattle, WA & Portland, OR—45–76 Denver—45–77 Oklahoma—45–78

Paired on shared wording: know, you're.

Also on the record

1. 30 on the Rhythm and Blues chart and No.
2. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959.
3. All 28 regional versions were combined into one chart listing.
4. Facenda wrote and recorded a 1960 followup single, "Bubba Ditty", which failed to chart.

Other inductees with this card

• Billy Guy — 1987 Performers with The Coasters
• Bobby Elliott — 2010 Performers with The Hollies
• Brian Jones — 1989 Performers with The Rolling Stones
• Brian Wilson — 1988 Performers with The Beach Boys
• Calvin Simon — 1997 Performers with Parliament-Funkadelic
• Danny Cedrone — 2012 Performers with The Comets
• Diana Ross — 1988 Performers with The Supremes
• Dion — 1989 Performers
• Doug Clifford — 1993 Performers with Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Ed King — 2006 Performers with Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Glen Buxton — 2011 Performers with Alice Cooper
• Gregg Allman — 1995 Performers with The Allman Brothers Band
• 22 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Tommy Facenda's birth card?

The 10 of Clubs. November 10 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 Tommy Facenda's dates come from?

Birth date 1939-11-10 is the day-precision date on Tommy Facenda'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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