Wilson Pickett's Birth Card: The 5 of Diamonds

In the record

Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter. The birth-card coordinate for March 18 is the 5 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1991 Performers induction.

Rock Hall record

• 1991 Performers — Wilson Pickett

The 5 of Diamonds coordinate

Wilson Pickett's birthday maps to the 5 of Diamonds (The Dynamic Entrepreneur). 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 Wilson Pickett. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You adjust the resource plan when the ground moves, without pretending nothing changed.

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Wilson Pickett in the public record

A major figure in the development of soul music, Pickett recorded more than 50 songs that made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100. Among his best-known hits are "In the Midnight Hour" (which he co-wrote), "Land of 1000 Dances", "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)", "Mustang Sally", "Funky Broadway", "Engine No. 9", and "Don't Knock My Love". Pickett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, in recognition of his impact on songwriting and recording. Pickett was born March 18, 1941, in Prattville, Alabama, and sang in Baptist church choirs. He was the fourth of 11 children and called his mother "the baddest woman in my book", telling historian Gerri Hirshey: "I get scared of her now. She used to hit me with anything, skillets, stove wood ... [one time I ran away and] cried for a week. Stayed in the woods, me and my little dog." Pickett eventually left to live with his father in Detroit in 1955.

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

Where the record meets the 3 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 Wilson Pickett, and not a forecast of induction.

Ability to articulate complex ideas clearly

Among his best-known hits are "In the Midnight Hour" (which he co-wrote), "Land of 1000 Dances", "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)", "Mustang Sally", "Funky Broadway", "Engine No. 9", and "Don't Knock My Love".

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: wrote.

Also on the record

1. Pickett's forceful, passionate style of singing was developed in the church and on the streets of Detroit, under the influence of recording stars such as Little Richard, whom he referred to as "the architect of rock and roll".
2. In 1955, Pickett joined the Violinaires, a gospel group.
3. The Violinaires played with another gospel group on concert tour in America.
4. After singing for four years in the popular gospel-harmony group, Pickett, lured by the success of gospel singers who had moved to the lucrative secular music market, joined the Falcons in 1959.

Other inductees with this card

• Bobby Darin — 1990 Performers
• Bun E. Carlos — 2016 Performers with Cheap Trick
• Claydes Charles Smith — 2024 Performers with Kool & the Gang
• David Byrne — 2002 Performers with Talking Heads
• Dusty Springfield — 1999 Performers
• Gene Cornish — 1997 Performers with The (Young) Rascals
• Jack Bruce — 1993 Performers with Cream
• Jimmy Reed — 1991 Performers
• John Hartman — 2020 Performers with The Doobie Brothers
• Kurt Cobain — 2014 Performers with Nirvana
• Mavis Staples — 1999 Performers with The Staple Singers
• Pete Farndon — 2005 Performers with The Pretenders
• 8 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Wilson Pickett's birth card?

The 5 of Diamonds. March 18 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 Wilson Pickett's dates come from?

Birth date 1941-03-18 is the day-precision date on Wilson Pickett'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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