Biography for
David Coverdale More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

22 September 1951, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Nickname

Cov

Height

5' 10½" (1.79 m)

Spouse

Cindy Barker	(1997 - present) 1 child
Tawny Kitaen	(17 February 1989 - April 1991) (divorced)
Julia ?	(1974 - ?) (divorced) 1 child

Trade Mark

Often wears a 300-year-old turquoise Navajo bracelet bought in 1974

Trivia

Sent in a photo of himself, as a boy in a scout uniform, to secure his audition with Deep Purple in 1973.

Two children: Jessica (b. 1978) by his first wife; Jasper (b. 1996) by his third wife.

Leader of the band, Whitesnake (1978-1990, 1994-1998, 2002-).

Replaced Ian Gillan as lead singer of Deep Purple.

Only member of Whitesnake to appear on all of their albums.

Sang on Deep Purple's "Burn", "Stormbringer" and "Come Taste The Band" albums. Also sang on the "Made In Europe" live album.

Was only 21 years old when he replaced Ian Gillan in Deep Purple.

The original 1982 version of the Whitesnake classic, "Here I Go Again", featured the line, "Like a hobo, I was born to walk alone", but the 1987 version replaced the word "hobo" with "drifter". In an interview, Coverdale claimed he changed the lyric because he was afraid people would think he was saying homo instead of hobo.

The character Snake Sanders from the video game Rock And Roll Racing was based on Coverdale.

When the Mark II lineup of Deep Purple reunited in 1984, front man Ian Gillan refused to sing material from the three albums recorded with Coverdale.

Ex-son-in-law of Terry Kitaen.

Where Are They Now

(March 2003) Currently, Coverdale is touring USA with a brand new Whitesnake incarnation.