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. According to Coverdale, his maternal side and mother "were the singers", while paternal side "were the painters, the sketchers, the artists". 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; he "discovered that he could project" and had a "gut voice".

Coverdale married Julia Borkowski of Poland in 1974. Their daughter was born in 1978. Coverdale's second marriage was to American model and actress Tawny Kitaen (1961-2021). Coverdale and Kitaen married on 17 February 1989 and divorced 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". Coverdale married his third wife, Cindy Coverdale, on 30 May 1997. Cindy Coverdale is an author (The Food That Rocks). David and Cindy Coverdale have a son. On 1 March 2007, Coverdale became a US citizen in a ceremony in Reno, Nevada. He holds dual US and UK citizenship. For many years in the 1980s, he lived in hotels, including the Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles. Beginning in 1988, he lived on an almost 10,000 sq ft estate in Incline Village, Nevada on Lake Tahoe, where he built a luxurious house. In 2019, he decided to sell the property. In 2021, it reportedly sold for $6.8 million. Coverdale considers himself to be more spiritual than religious. Since the late 1960s, Coverdale has practised meditation regularly. He has said that he considers it to be "the most incredible accessory, or tool, that I've found in my life".