David Coverdale Biography

David Coverdale a British rock singer and songwriter known for his collaboration with Whitesnake, a Hard Rock Band, and was founded in 1978.

He previously was a singer of “Deep Purple” from 1973 to 1976, after which he began his career single. As a result of a collaboration with Jimmy Page in 1993, the album won a platinum record. Back in 2016, Coverdale gotinducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple and provided one of the band’s opening speeches. His strong blues voice.

David Coverdale Age

Coverdale was born on 22 September 1951, in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Riding of Yorkshire, England.

David Coverdale Deep Purple

In 1973, Coverdale saw an article on Melody Maker, which said that “Deep Purple” would audition for the singer to replace Ian Gillan. Coverdale runs a local band called The Government, and for the same reason, he performed with Deep Purple in 1969.

Therefore, he and the band knew each other, and after broadcasting and listening to the recording, Coverdale was accepted as a member of the band. Band and bassist Glenn Hughes (Glenn Hughes) also joined his voice.

In February 1974, “Deep Purple” and Coverdale and Hughes, Burn released their first album, which won gold medals in the United States and the United Kingdom on March 20, 1974, respectively.

In April 1974, Coverdale and Deep Purple performed in front of more than 200,000 fans during their first trip to California jam. In December 1974, Burn Stormbringer followed close behind, gaining gold record status in the United States and the United Kingdom.

The funk and soul influence of the previous album is more obvious here, which is one of the reasons guitarist Rith Chi Blackmore left the band in June 1975.

Coverdale did not break up but played a role in persuading the band to continue working with American guitarist Tommy Bolin. (Billy Cobham and James Gan. As John Lord said: “David Coverdale came to me Say, ‘Please bring them together.’ David and Billy Cobham put me on Tommy’s album. We like his performance and we invite Tommy to Attend an audition.”The band released the studio album Come Come Taste the Band with Bolin in 1975.

The album was not as successful as the previous record. At the end of the tour, in March 1976, Coverdale burst into tears and resigned. Someone told Him, no one left. The decision to disband Deep Purple was made shortly before the last concert of Lord and Ian Pace (the last remaining original members), and they said nothing.

It finally went public in July 1976. Coverdale said in an interview: “I am afraid to leave the band. Laila is my life, Laila gave me a chance, but I still want to go.

David Coverdale David Coverdale Solo: Whitesnake

After the demise of Deep Purple, Coverdale embarked on a solo career. He released his first album in February 1977, titled White Snake. All songs were written by Coverdale and guitarist Micky Moody.

As his first solo effort, Coverdale later admitted: “It’s very difficult to think back and talk sensibly about the first album. White Snake had been a very inward-looking, reflective, and low-key affair in many ways, written and recorded as it was in the aftermath of the collapse of Deep Purple.” Even though the album was not successful, its title inspired the name of Coverdale’s future band.

In 1978 Coverdale released his second solo album Northwinds, which was received much better than the previous album. But before the album’s release, he had already formed a new band.

In 1994 Coverdale assembled a new line-up of Whitesnake (with the exception of Coverdale’s musical partner, guitarist Adrian Vandenberg and bassist Rudy Sarzo, both of whom had been in Whitesnake since 1987) to tour for the release of Whitesnake’s Greatest Hits album.

The band again broke up after the tour. After this Coverdale once again retreated from the music business, for three years. In 1997 Coverdale returned and released Restless Heart (with Vandenberg on guitar).

The album was originally supposed to be Coverdale’s solo album, but the record company forced it to be released under the moniker “David Coverdale & Whitesnake”. The tour was billed as Whitesnake’s farewell tour, during which Coverdale and Vandenberg played two unplugged shows, one in Japan and the other for VH1.

The first of the two shows was released the next year under the title Starkers in Tokyo. After the Restless Heart tour ended, Coverdale once again folded Whitesnake and took another short break from music.

David Coverdale Net Worth

Coverdale has an estimated net worth of $20 million.

David Coverdale Songs

• 1977 White Snake
• 1978 Northwinds
• 1990 “The Last Note of Freedom” – song featured on the
• Days of Thunder soundtrack
• 1993 Coverdale and Page (with Jimmy Page)
• 2000 Into the Light
• Guest performances
• 1974 Roger Glover – The Butterfly Ball and the
• Grasshopper’s Feast (“Behind the Smile”)
• 1974 Jon Lord – Windows – 2nd Movement, Gemini
• 1976 Eddie Hardin – Wizard’s Convention (“Money To Burn”)
• 1978 Barbi Benton – Ain’t That Just The Way (co-writer of “Up in the Air”)
• 1990 Steve Vai – Passion and Warfare (“For the Love of God”)
• 1992 Bernie Marsden – The Friday Rock Show Sessions (four live recordings from 1981: “Who’s Fooling Who?”, “Shakey Ground”, “Look At Me Now”, “Byblos Shack”)
• 1995 Young & Moody – The Nearest Hits Album (co-writer of “Sunrise To Sunset”)
• 2000 Bernie Marsden – And About Time Too (“Who’s Fooling Who”, live recording from ’81, only on reissue of the album)
• 2003 Tony Franklin – Wonderland (“Sunshine Lady”)
• 2014 Adrian Vandenberg – Moonkings (“Sailing Ships”)
• 2014 Bernie Marsden – Shine (“Trouble”)
• 2015 Phil Collen’s Delta Deep – Delta Deep (“Private Number”)

Film and TV appearances

• 1977 The Butterfly Ball
• 1990 Days of Thunder
• 2011 Metal Evolution
• 2012 A Passion for the Vine
• 2013 Behind The Music Remastered, ep. Deep Purple
• 2016 Here I Go Again: David Coverdale

David Coverdale Height and Weight

Coverdale stands tall is 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 meters) and weighs 76 Kg (167 lbs).

David Coverdale Family

Coverdale was born the son to Thomas Joseph Coverdale and Winnifred May (Roberts) Coverdale.

David Coverdale Wife

Coverdale married Julia Borkowski back in 1974 and together they had a daughter Jessica (b. 1978). After their break-up, Coverdale married former model and actress Tawny Kitaen on Feb. 17, 1989 they divorced two years later, in April 1991.

As of 1997, he has lived with his third wife, Cindy, an author (The Food That Rocks); the duo has one son named Jasper. On 1 March 2007, Coverdale became a US citizen, in a ceremony in Reno, Nevada, and now holds dual US/UK citizenship. He has lived in Incline Village, Nevada for more than 20 years.