David Coverdale

Coverdale was born on 22 September 1951, in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, son of Thomas Joseph Coverdale and Winnifred May (Roberts) Coverdale.{{Cite web|title = David Coverdale: Still rocking after all these years|url = http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/yorkshire-living/arts/music/david-coverdale-still-rocking-after-all-these-years-1-5660686|website = Yorkshirepost.co.uk|access-date = 19 September 2015|archive-date = 18 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151018085927/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/yorkshire-living/arts/music/david-coverdale-still-rocking-after-all-these-years-1-5660686|url-status = dead}} According to Coverdale, his maternal side and mother "were the singers", while paternal side "were the painters, the sketchers, the artists".{{cite magazine |last=Chirazi |first=Steffan |date=March 2011 |title=The Growing Pains Of Whitesnake's David Coverdale |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/whitesnake-jimmy-page-and-i-walked-through-manhattan-and-stopped-traffic |magazine=Classic Rock |pages=10–24 |publisher=Future plc |location=London, England |access-date=15 February 2021}} He was initiated into music at his maternal grandmother's place and school, at an early age started learning to play guitar and piano, but drawing was his primary medium of expression.

From the beginning Coverdale showed singing talent and "discovered that he could project" and had a "gut voice".

Coverdale started his career performing with local bands Vintage 67 (1966–1968), The Government (1968–1972), and Fabulosa Brothers (1972–1973).{{cite web |url=http://music.msn.com/music/artist-biography/david-coverdale/ |title=David Coverdale: Biography |last=Prato |first=Greg |publisher=MSN Music |access-date=5 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818080412/http://music.msn.com/music/artist-biography/david-coverdale/ |archive-date=18 August 2010 |url-status=dead }} By 1973, he had left art college and was successfully working as a "singing salesman" until he saw an article Melody Maker that said that Deep Purple was looking for a singer to replace Ian Gillan. Coverdale had fronted a local group called the Government that had played with Deep Purple on the same bill in 1969, so he and the band were familiar with one another. After sending a tape and auditioning, Coverdale was admitted into the band due to "his singing and songwriting talents", with new bassist Glenn Hughes also providing vocals.

In February 1974, Deep Purple released their first album with Coverdale and Hughes. Entitled Burn, the album was certified gold in the United States on 20 March 1974.{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=deep%20purple&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |title=RIAA Gold & Platinum database |website=Recording Industry Association of America |access-date=17 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152425/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=deep%20purple&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |archive-date=24 September 2015 }} In April 1974, Coverdale and Deep Purple performed to over 200,000 fans on his first trip to the United States at the California Jam. In December 1974, Burn was followed-up by Stormbringer. The funk and soul influences of the previous record were even more prominent on Stormbringer; for this reason and others, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore left the band in June 1975."Deep Purple: History and Hits" DVD.

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Coverdale was instrumental in persuading the band to continue with American guitarist Tommy Bolin (of Billy Cobham and James Gang fame). As Jon Lord put it, "David Coverdale came up to me and said, 'Please keep the band together.' David played me the album that Tommy did with Billy Cobham. We liked his playing on it and invited Tommy to audition.'"{{cite web|url=http://www.thehighwaystar.com/interviews/lord/jl19890100.html |title=Jon Lord interview at www.thehighwaystar.com |publisher=Thehighwaystar.com |date=12 February 1968 |access-date=17 October 2012}} The band released one studio album with Bolin, 1975's Come Taste the Band, which was less commercially successful than its previous records.{{cn|date=May 2025}} The supporting tour proved difficult, with both Hughes and Bolin having drug problems. In March 1976, at the end of a concert, Coverdale walked off in tears and handed in his resignation. He was told there was no band left to quit, as Lord and Ian Paice had already decided to break up the band. The band's breakup was made public in July 1976. Coverdale said in an interview: "I was frightened to leave the band. Purple was my life, Purple gave me my break, but all the same I wanted out."

After the demise of Deep Purple, Coverdale embarked on a solo career. In the wake of the punk movement, he stayed true to his blues rock roots. He released his first solo studio album in February 1977, titled White Snake. All songs were written by Coverdale and guitarist Micky Moody, and the music shows funk, R&B and jazz influences.{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/149282-david-coverdale-white-snakenorth-winds-2495941248.html |title=David Coverdale: White Snake / North Winds |last=Valdivia |first=Victor |date=16 October 2011 |website=PopMatters |access-date=13 November 2023}} As his first solo effort, Coverdale later said: "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."{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-coverdale-quits-deep-purple/ |title=45 Years Ago: David Coverdale Quits As Deep Purple Disintegrate |last=DeRiso |first=Nick |date=19 July 2021 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |publisher=Townsquare Media |access-date=13 November 2023}} Even though the album was not successful, its title inspired the name of Coverdale's future band.

In 1978, Coverdale released his second studio album Northwinds. Its "blues- and R&B-influenced hard rock" style was received much better than the previous album,Bret Adams, [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mw0000845704|pure_url=yes}} "Northwinds"], Allmusic, retrieved 13 November 2023. and in 2021 Classic Rock considered it "a remarkably mature album that can still send shivers down the spine 30 years after it was recorded" and the "antithesis of Whitesnake's super-slick 1987".{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/david-coverdale-best-albums-guide |title=David Coverdale: a guide to his best albums |last=Jeffries |first=Neil |date=5 January 2021 |website=Classic Rock |publisher=Louder |access-date=13 November 2023}} Before the album's release, he had already formed a new band.

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After recording Northwinds, Coverdale soon formed the band Whitesnake, with Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody both handling guitar duties. Although this was originally a touring band for Coverdale's first solo album, it soon developed into a full-time band. In early 1978, the band released an EP titled Snakebite, which was later expanded into a full album, also titled Snakebite, released in June 1978, with the EP on side one and select tracks from Coverdale's Northwinds album on side two. For the follow-up album, Trouble, Coverdale was joined by his former Deep Purple colleague, keyboardist Jon Lord. For Whitesnake's 1980 album, Ready an' Willing, another Deep Purple member, drummer Ian Paice, joined the group. Ready an' Willing also featured the band's biggest hit up to that point, the song "Fool for Your Loving", which reached No. 13 on the British charts,{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=Whitesnake The Official Charts Company |website=Official Charts}} and No. 53 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Ready an' Willing was followed up by the even more successful Come an' Get It in 1981. Coverdale put Whitesnake on hold in early 1982, to make time for the treatment and care of his sick daughter. When he felt that the time was right to return, he reformed the band, which thereafter released the album Saints & Sinners. Also in 1982, Coverdale was considered for the vocalist position of Black Sabbath following the departure of Ronnie James Dio, but he declined, due to him wanting to continue with Whitesnake.{{cite web |url=https://www.kerrang.com/michael-bolton-once-auditioned-for-black-sabbath-according-to-tony-iommi |title=Michael Bolton Auditioned For Black Sabbath, According To Tony Iommi |date=10 March 2020 |website=Kerrang! |access-date=13 November 2023}}

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Whitesnake gained significant popularity in the UK, Europe, and Asia, but North American success remained elusive. In 1984, the album Slide It In dented the US charts (reaching #40), but not enough to be considered a hit. In time for the US release of Slide It In, Coverdale made a calculated attempt at updating Whitesnake's sound and look by recruiting guitarist John Sykes from the remnants of Thin Lizzy.

In 1985, Sykes and Coverdale started working on new songs for the next album, but Coverdale soon contracted a serious sinus infection that made recording close to impossible for much of 1986 and which had doctors thinking he might never sing again. Coverdale eventually recovered, and recordings were continued. Before their upcoming album was fully recorded and released, Coverdale had dismissed Sykes from the band.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/coverdale_david/bio.jhtml|title=David Coverdale bio|website=Vh1.com|access-date=10 June 2021|archive-date=30 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530013408/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/coverdale_david/bio.jhtml|url-status=dead}} In many period interviews, Coverdale stated that the next album was a make-or-break album for Whitesnake, and if not successful he would disband Whitesnake altogether. In 1987 and 1988, North America was finally won over with the multi-platinum self-titled Whitesnake album. Propelled by hit singles such as "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love", as well as MTV airing of "Still of the Night", it finally made Whitesnake a "bona fide arena headliner" in North America.

Through the late 1980s and early 1990s, caught in the "hair-band" era, Coverdale kept Whitesnake going with great success despite changing line-ups. In 1989, Coverdale recruited Vandenberg to record a new album, Slip of the Tongue. Vandenberg co-wrote the entire album with Coverdale, but a wrist injury sidelined him from contributing the lead guitar work. Steve Vai was recruited, re-recording most of Vandenberg's existing parts and finishing the album. Upon release, it also was a success in Europe and the US, but it "was a considerable disappointment after the across-the-board success of Whitesnake".S. T. Erlewine and G. Prato, [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5819|pure_url=yes}} "Whitesnake"], Allmusic, retrieved 27 September 2010.

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On 26 September 1990, after the last show on the Slip of the Tongue tour in Tokyo, Coverdale disbanded Whitesnake indefinitely. Tired of the business in general, the rigors of touring and troubled by his separation and later divorce from Tawny Kitaen, Coverdale wanted to find other values in life and took "private time to reflect" and re-assess his career direction.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

At that point Coverdale had grown uncomfortable with the entity he believed Whitesnake had become, and admitted that he got "caught up in it". In a 1993 interview with Robert Hilburn, he commented that he "had to stop everything, this whole circus. I had never gone into (music) for the image thing at all, and I really couldn't do it anymore".{{cite news |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Hilburn |date=14 March 1993 |title=Pop Music: Back From the Led: It's been a long time since Jimmy Page really rock 'n' rolled, but the Zeppelin guitarist found a spark working with David Coverdale |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-14-ca-533-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=13 November 2023}} In another interview from the 90s, Coverdale recalled "it got louder and louder, and so did I, to the point now where I have to get dressed up like a "girly man" and tease one's questionable bangs or hair and it's all becoming a bit ... boring".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlfy9bhAUqw |title=david coverdale interview |publisher=YouTube |date=19 January 2006 |access-date=2 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}

In the fall of 1990, a meeting and subsequent collaboration, was set up with guitarist Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin. Both have said that the collaboration, revitalised them on many levels. This collaboration resulted in the album Coverdale–Page, released in March 1993. The album was a hit worldwide, reaching number four in the UK and number five in the US, and was certified Platinum in the US on 7 April 1995.{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |title=RIAA Gold & Platinum database |website=Recording Industry Association of America |access-date= 15 December 2011}} The European and the US tours for the album, had to be cancelled due to low ticket sales, but they held a brief Japanese tour in December 1993, before they parted ways and Page soon started working again with Robert Plant.

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 joined Whitesnake in 1987) to tour in support of the release of Whitesnake's Greatest Hits album. After this Coverdale once again retreated from the music business, for three years.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

In 1997 Coverdale returned and released Restless Heart (with Vandenberg on guitar). The album was originally supposed to be Coverdale's solo album, but in the end 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X7-mWSZbno |title=Whitesnake Too Many Tears Vh1 Unplugged 1997 By Ari |publisher=YouTube |date=21 November 1997 |access-date=2 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjTSCtLC0PQ | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211113/UjTSCtLC0PQ| archive-date=13 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=Whitesnake – Too Many Tears & The Deeper The Love (Acoustic VH1 1997) | date=17 January 2010|publisher=YouTube |access-date=2 January 2012}}{{cbignore}} The Japanese show was released the next year under the title Starkers in Tokyo. After the tour in support of Restless Heart ended, Coverdale once again folded Whitesnake and took another short break from music.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

In 2000, 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. Even though the album was not a big hit, it is his most successful solo album both commercially and critically, with the song "River Song" receiving most attention and the album did return Coverdale, to the music business.{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/every-david-coverdale-and-whitesnake-album-ranked-worst-to-best |title=Every David Coverdale and Whitesnake album, ranked from worst to best |last=Jeffries |first=Neil |date=22 September 2021 |website=Classic Rock |publisher=Louder |access-date=13 November 2023}}{{cite magazine |last=Llewellyn |first=Siân |date=18 September 2000 |title= David Coverdale – Into the Light (EMI/Chrysalis - advance CD) |magazine=Classic Rock |page=63 |location=London, England |publisher=Future}}{{cite magazine |first=Matthias |last=Mineur |year=2000 |title= David Coverdale - Into the Light (EMI) |magazine=Metal Hammer |issue=10 |volume=17 |pages=86 |publisher=AS Young Mediahouse GmbH | location=Munich, Germany}} In 2003, the compilation album The Early Years was released, including his two solo albums White Snake and Northwinds from the late 1970s.

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In January 2003, Coverdale re-reformed Whitesnake for an American tour with the Scorpions in early 2003, with Tommy Aldridge on drums, Marco Mendoza (bass), Doug Aldrich (guitar), Reb Beach (ex-Winger guitarist) and keyboardist Timothy Drury.{{cite news|quote=In December 2002 Coverdale reunited Whitesnake for Whitesnake's 25-year anniversary.|url=http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=714|title=WHITESNAKE Guitarist Doug Aldrich|first=Marko|last=Syrjala|work=Metal Rules|date=14 November 2006|access-date=21 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605052907/http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=714|archive-date=5 June 2014|url-status=dead}} They also performed on the Rock Never Stops Tour in the same year.{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/whitesnake-030713-2496079112.html |title=The Rock Never Stops Tour with Whitesnake, Warrant, Winger and Slaughter |date=26 August 2003 |website=PopMatters |access-date=13 November 2023}}

In April 2008, the band released its first new studio album in over 11 years titled Good to Be Bad to great reviews.{{Cite web| url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/whitesnake-frontman-discusses-good-to-be-bad/ | title= Whitesnake Frontman Discusses 'Good To Be Bad' | website=Blabbermouth.net | date=15 February 2008 | access-date=12 February 2021 }}{{cite magazine |last=McIver|first=Joel |date=March 2011 |title=Good to Be Bad (SPV/Steamhammer) |magazine=Classic Rock presents Whitesnake – Forevermore (The Official Album Magazine) |page=129 |publisher=Future plc |location=London, England}} On 11 August 2009 Whitesnake played a show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado when Coverdale suffered a vocal injury. After seeing a specialist, it was announced the following day, that Coverdale had been suffering from severe vocal fold edema and a left vocal fold vascular lesion. The remainder of the tour with Judas Priest was cancelled so that the injury would not worsen.{{cite news|url=http://www.wtsp.com/life/entertainment/story.aspx?storyid=111462|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209165936/http://www.wtsp.com/life/entertainment/story.aspx?storyid=111462|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2013|title=Whitesnake singer David Coverdale injures vocal cords|first=Lisa|last=Emerson|date=13 August 2009|work=WTSP}} In March 2011 the band released their 11th studio album, Forevermore.{{Cite web| url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/Whitesnake-new-album-details-revealed/ | title= Whitesnake: New Album Details Revealed | website=Blabbermouth.net | date=18 January 2011 | access-date=12 February 2021 }}

In May 2015, the band released their 12th The Purple Album, featuring cover versions of the songs that Coverdale had originally sang on with Deep Purple.{{Cite news|last=Stingley|first=Mick|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/whitesnake-recasts-deep-purple-tracks-for-the-purple-album-6509305/|title=Whitesnake Recasts Deep Purple Tracks For 'The Purple Album'

|date=3 March 2015|publisher=Billboard|access-date=13 November 2023}}{{Cite news|last=Hann|first=Michael|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/22/david-coverdale-whitesnake-the-purple-album-deep-purple|work=The Guardian|title=David Coverdale: 'I amplify who I am 10 times when I'm on stage'|date=22 April 2015|access-date=13 November 2023}} It was followed by a supporting tour.{{Cite web|title = Whitesnake's David Coverdale: 'This Could Be a Farewell to the Big Rock Stuff'|url = http://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-coverdale-no-more-big-rock/|website = Ultimate Classic Rock|access-date = 19 September 2015|date = 17 April 2015|last = Wardlaw|first = Matt}} In May 2019, the band released their 13th studio album titled Flesh & Blood.{{Cite web| url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/whitesnake-flesh-and-blood-album-review | title= Whitesnake: Flesh & Blood album review | website=Louder |publisher=Classic Rock |first=Philip |last=Wilding | date=10 May 2019 | access-date=12 February 2021}}

In May 2022, the band began their COVID-19 delayed farewell tour, with European dates beginning in Dublin on 10 May, but were only able to continue, until their show in Croatia on 2 July 2022.{{cite web |title=Whitesnake's David Coverdale Diagnosed With Infection Of Sinus And Trachea; More Concerts Canceled |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/whitesnakes-david-coverdale-diagnosed-with-infection-of-sinus-and-trachea-more-concerts-canceled |website=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=2 July 2022 |date=28 June 2022}} After cancelling the last 11 dates of the European leg of the tour due to health problems affecting various band members including Reb Beach, Tommy Aldridge and Coverdale himself, Whitesnake subsequently cancelled the entire 2022 North American leg of its Farewell Tour as Coverdale was forced to deal with ongoing respiratory health issues.{{cite web |title=USA Tour Cancellation Announcement |url=https://whitesnake.com/usa-tour-cancellation-announcement/ |website=Whitesnake Official Website |access-date=5 August 2022 |date=5 August 2022}}

In 2024, 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.{{cite web |title=DAVID COVERDALE's Three Solo Albums To Be Made Available With Remixes, Remasters And Previously Unreleased Tracks |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/david-coverdales-three-solo-albums-to-be-made-available-with-remixes-remasters-and-previously-unreleased-tracks |website=Blabbermouth |access-date=17 August 2024 |date=16 August 2024}}

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In 2006, hard rock/heavy metal magazine Hit Parader named Coverdale as No. 54 on its list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time.{{cite web |url=http://www.theinsider.com/news/504392_Hit_Parader_s_Top_100_Metal_Vocalists_Of_All_Time |title=Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists Of All Time |website=Theinsider.com |access-date=27 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217000632/http://www.theinsider.com/news/504392_Hit_Parader_s_Top_100_Metal_Vocalists_Of_All_Time |archive-date=17 February 2011}} In 2009, he 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/robert-plant-voted-rocks-greatest-voice-190343 |title=Robert Plant voted rock's greatest voice |publisher=MusicRadar |date=4 January 2009 |access-date=17 December 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/41860 |title=Robert Plant voted 'greatest voice in rock' |publisher=Nme.com |date=3 January 2009 |access-date=16 March 2013}}

In 2003, PopMatters proclaimed him as the "crown prince of '70s rock. Not even Plant, definitely not Bad Company's Paul Rodgers, or anyone else can touch Coverdale at this moment in time when it comes to rock icons from that era — it's just a shame that hardly anyone comes to see it".{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/whitesnake-030713-2496079112.html |title=The Rock Never Stops Tour with Whitesnake, Warrant, Winger and Slaughter |date=26 August 2003 |website=PopMatters |access-date=13 November 2023}} In 2015, 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". William Pinfold in Record Collector's review of Martin Popoff's 2015 biography on Whitesnake commented that both the band and Coverdale "have been consistently taken seriously" but "are underrated compared with the plaudits given to their 70s/80s peers", considering Coverdale "outrageously talented, charismatic and in equal parts lordly and humble, he's a hugely likeable figure".{{cite journal |last=Pinfold |first=William |title=Sail Away: Whitesnake's Fantastic Voyage (book review) |journal=Record Collector |date=22 April 2015 |issue=440 |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/book/sail-away-whitesnakes-fantastic-voyage |access-date=15 November 2023}}

In 2016, Coverdale was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Deep Purple.{{cite news|title=NWA, Deep Purple and Chicago enter Hall of Fame|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35119852|publisher=BBC|date=17 December 2015}}

Coverdale married Julia Borkowski from Poland, in 1974 and their daughter was born in 1978. Coverdale's second marriage was to former model and actress, Tawny Kitaen, from 17 February 1989 until they divorced two years later, in April 1991. Kitaen was known for her provocative appearances in Whitesnake's music videos for "Here I Go Again", "Is This Love", and "Still of the Night". Since marrying on 30 May 1997, he has lived with his third wife, Cindy, an author (The Food That Rocks); they have a son.{{Cite news|url=http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/entertainment/newsandreviews/tm_objectid=17311308&method=full&siteid=50020&headline=here-he-goes-again--name_page.html|title=Here he goes again|date=29 June 2006|newspaper=Ellesmere Port Pioneer|publisher=Cheshire Online|access-date=14 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319201345/http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/entertainment/newsandreviews/tm_objectid%3D17311308%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D50020%26headline%3Dhere-he-goes-again--name_page.html|archive-date=19 March 2012|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=20129|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|title=Whitesnake's Coverdale Is Supportive of Wife's New Career|date=8 March 2004|access-date=14 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040826152929/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=20129|archive-date=26 August 2004}}

On 1 March 2007, Coverdale became a US citizen, in a ceremony in Reno, Nevada, and now holds dual UK citizenship and US. For many years in the 1980s, he lived in hotels, including the Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles.{{Cite news |last=Bleach |first=Stephen |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/my-hols-david-coverdale-gf7lrmdf9fj |title=My hols: David Coverdale |date=7 May 2006 |publisher=The Sunday Times |access-date=13 November 2023}}{{Cite news|last=Graham|first=Hugh|url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/david-coverdale-on-chasing-bears-out-of-his-house-living-like-a-posh-monk-and-being-blessed-with-rock-star-hair-3j6jwpz65|title=David Coverdale on chasing bears out of his house, living like a posh monk and being blessed with rock-star hair|date=1 December 2019|publisher=The Sunday Times|access-date=13 November 2023}} Since 1988, he has lived on an almost 10,000 sq ft estate in Incline Village, Nevada on Lake Tahoe where he built a luxurious house.{{Cite web|last=Zap|first=Claudine|url=https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/david-coverdale-close-to-a-sale-of-his-tahoe-area-home/|title=Rocker David Coverdale Close to Recording a Sale of His Tahoe-Area Home|work=Real Estate News & Insights | realtor.com® |date=10 March 2021|publisher=Realtor.com|access-date=13 November 2023}}{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6931439.stm|title=Bear confronts Whitesnake singer|date=4 August 2007|publisher=BBC News|access-date=13 November 2023}} In 2019, he decided to sell it,{{Cite news|last=Leitereg|first=Neal J.|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-david-coverdale-lake-tahoe-estate-20190403-story.html|title=Whitesnake's David Coverdale lists Lake Tahoe retreat with sweet views, good vibes|date=3 April 2019|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=13 November 2023}} and in 2021, it was reportedly sold for $6.8 million.{{cite news |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-coverdale-house-sells/ |title=David Coverdale Sells 'Glorious' Lake Tahoe Home for $6.8 million |last=Irwin |first=Corey |date=13 April 2021 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |publisher=Townsquare Media |access-date=13 November 2023}}

A more spiritual than religious person, since the late 1960s, Coverdale regularly practises meditation, and considers it "the most incredible accessory, or tool, that I've found in my life".

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• 1977: White Snake
• 1978: Northwinds
• 1990: "The Last Note of Freedom" – song featured on the Days of Thunder soundtrack; chart #78 UK{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/david-coverdale-the-last-note-of-freedom/|title=The Last Note Of Freedom - David Coverdale|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 November 2023}}
• 1993: Coverdale–Page (with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page)
• 2000: Into the Light

• 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")
• 1983: Cozy Powell – Octopuss (co-writer of The Rattler)
• 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")

• 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

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