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David Coverdale
David Coverdale is a retired English singer and songwriter best known as the founder and lead singer of the hard rock band Whitesnake.
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entertainment · English rock singer (born 1951) · singer · songwriter · guitarist · composer · musician · also David Coverdale, David Jack Coverdale, Coverdale
Born 22 September 1951 · Q115962
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2026· 4 entries
“These are dark days indeed for a cocksman!”
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Mshale: Ritchie Blackmore Pays Tribute To David Coverdale's Retirement Sciopero Aerei (r2UkZ3ScOG)
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Mshale: David Coverdale’s Reaction To The Return Of Ritchie Blackmore And Ian Gillan:
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2025· 5 entries
American Songwriter: David Coverdale to Exit Social Media as He Embraces Retirement: “What an Incredible Journey We’ve Shared Together!”
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loudwire: David Coverdale Announces Another Farewell After Recent Retirement – See Statement
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Billboard: Whitesnake’s David Coverdale Announces He’s Retiring From Music: ‘It’s Time For Me To Call It A Day’
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Yahoo: Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale announces retirement from music: ‘Time for me to call it a day’
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Released album “Rarities (Original Radio Transmissions)”.
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2024· 1 entry
A compilation album, Into the Light: The Solo Albums, was released, containing new mixes and remasters of all of Coverdale's solo albums under the Whitesnake name
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2023· 2 entries
loudwire: David Coverdale Wants to Make Farewell Album With Former Whitesnake Members
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Yahoo: Here he goes again: David Coverdale on who was supposed to be the 'original Whitesnake woman,' turning down 'American Idol,' what happened to his Jaguar and the one line he ...
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2022· 1 entry
Ultimate Classic Rock: Justin Hawkins Recalls Seeing David Coverdale Flirt With His Mom
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2021· 2 entries
Ultimate Classic Rock: Why David Coverdale Thought He Was Done as He Wrote ‘Here I Go Again’
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Classic Rock described it as "a remarkably mature album that can still send shivers down the spine 30 years after it was recorded" and as the "antithesis" of Whitesnake's super-slick self-titled 1987 album"
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2016· 2 entries
Coverdale was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple
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Was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple
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2015· 1 entry
Dave Everley of Classic Rock considered that "Whitesnake are one of the great British bands of the past 40 years, and Coverdale is one of the finest blue-eyed soul singers, full-stop"
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2009· 1 entry
Was voted as sixth out of 40 contenders for "the greatest voice in rock" in a poll conducted by UK classic rock radio station Planet Rock
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2007· 1 entry
On 1 March 2007, Coverdale became a US citizen in a ceremony in Reno, Nevada.
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2006· 1 entry
Hard rock/heavy metal magazine Hit Parader named Coverdale as No
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2003· 1 entry
PopMatters proclaimed him as the "crown prince of '70s rock
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2000· 2 entries
Released album “Into the Light”.
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Coverdale released his first solo studio album in 22 years, titled Into The Light, with the songs "Love is Blind" and "Slave", released as singles
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1995· 1 entry
Released album “Ballads”.
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1994· 2 entries
Released album “1993-12-14: One More Zep!: The Budokan, Tokyo, Japan”.
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Released album “1993-12-18: Over Now: Yoyogi Olympic Arena, Tokyo, Japan”.
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1993· 2 entries
Released album “Coverdale · Page”.
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Released ep “Coverdale • Page”.
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1989· 1 entry
Coverdale and Kitaen married on 17 February 1989 and divorced in April 1991.
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1988· 2 entries
Lived on an almost 10,000 sq ft estate in Incline Village, Nevada on Lake Tahoe, where he built a luxurious house
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Released album “Whitesnake / Northwinds”.
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1984· 1 entry
The album Slide It In dented the US charts, where it peaked at number 40
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1982· 1 entry
Coverdale was considered for the vocalist position of Black Sabbath following the departure of Ronnie James Dio
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1978· 2 entries
Released album “Northwinds”.
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Coverdale released his second studio album, Northwinds
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1977· 1 entry
Released album “Whitesnake”.
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1976· 1 entry
“I was frightened to leave the band. Purple was my life, Purple gave me my break, but all the same I wanted out.”
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1969· 1 entry
So he and the band were familiar with one another
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1951· 1 entry
Born 1951-09-22.
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