David Gilmour Bio (Biography)

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Real name:
David John Gilmour
Date of birth:
March 6. 1946
Place of birth:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Astrology Sign:
Pisces
Height:
5' 11" (1.80 m)
Tags:
Biography
One of the rockers in the hall of fame is the great David Gilmour. David Gilmour was born on March 6, 1946 in Cambridge. He is best known for being the guitarist of the band, Pink Floyd. Among the hits of Pink Floyd are the following. Pink Floyd has been nominated for the Grammy's for the following hits. In 1973, their album "Dark Side of the Moon" got nominated. In 1980, their album "The Wall" got nominated. In 1980, their performance in "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" was nominated for the Best Rock Performance by a Duo or a Group. In 1994, "Marooned" was nominated for the Best Rock Instrumental Performance. They won in 1994. Pink Floyd has also been nominated at the American Music Awards in 1995 for the Best Pop or Rock Duo or Group. Pink Floyd has several albums that went diamond. "Dark Side of the Moon" sold over fifteen million copies. "The Wall" sold more than twelve million copies. Their total US sales according to RIAA are more than 73 million copies. He is ranked 83 in the top 100 guitarists of all time according to Rolling Stones magazine. He was voted number one in Fender's Greatest Players poll in the February 2006 issue of Guitarist Magazine. Aside from being the guitarist for Pink Floyd, he has also produced various records for other artists. Gilmour has been active in a lot of charitable causes throughout the course of his career. Gilmour has been married twice. He has four children with his first wife, Ginger. Alice was born in 1976, Clare was born in 1980, Sara was born in 1982, and Matthew was born in 1985. He has another four children with his second wife, Polly Samson. Joe, Gabriel, and Romany are his biological children. He adopted Charlie from Polly's first marriage.