David Coverdale is best-known as the lead singer of Whitesnake, but was also important as lead singer of Deep Purple in the mid seventies, and as having recorded a platinum album with Led Zeppelin’s guitarist Jimmy Page in the early 1990s.
Deep Purple with David Coverdale in 1976, with Tommy Bolin having just replaced Richie Blackmore on guitar.
Coverdale got his first big break when Deep Purple’s singer, Ian Gillan, left the band in 1973. Coverdale knew the band, and was quickly hired as a replacement, recording several gold albums, including Burn, and Stormbringer.