SINGER

David Coverdale

1951 - Today

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David Coverdale (born 22 September 1951) is an English singer and songwriter best known as the founder and lead singer of the hard rock band Whitesnake. He was also the lead singer of Deep Purple from 1973 to 1976, after which he released two solo studio albums, White Snake (1977) and Northwinds (1978), before forming Whitesnake in 1978. During a Whitesnake hiatus from 1991 to 1993, he collaborated with ex-Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page on the Coverdale–Page album, which was subsequently certified platinum. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Coverdale has received more than 4,687,963 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). David Coverdale is the 201st most popular singer (down from 178th in 2019), the 833rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 760th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Singer.

David Coverdale is most famous for being the lead singer of the rock band Whitesnake.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, David Coverdale ranks 201 out of 4,381. Before him are Kyu Sakamoto, Zucchero Fornaciari, Eric Burdon, Udo Jürgens, Viktor Tsoi, and Alessandro Moreschi. After him are Anastacia, Valery Leontiev, Dionne Warwick, Ben E. King, Mahalia Jackson, and Dr. Dre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, David Coverdale ranks 50. Before him are Jarmila Kratochvílová, Kathryn Bigelow, Jaco Pastorius, Bob Geldof, Kirstie Alley, and Prabowo Subianto. After him are Willy van de Kerkhof, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Win Myint, Rob Halford, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and Arturo Pérez-Reverte.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Coverdale ranks 833 out of 8,785. Before him are H. L. A. Hart (1907), Derek Jacobi (1938), Mairead Maguire (1944), Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), Cliff Williams (1949), and Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891). After him are Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850), Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831), William Bateson (1861), John William Polidori (1795), Alan Parsons (1948), and Bernard Cornwell (1944).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, David Coverdale ranks 24. Before him are Bryan Ferry (1945), Chris Norman (1950), Dua Lipa (1995), Chris Rea (1951), Tom Jones (1940), and Eric Burdon (1941). After him are Rob Halford (1951), Petula Clark (1932), Van Morrison (1945), Shane MacGowan (1957), Victoria Beckham (1974), and Glenn Hughes (1951).

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