David Jon Gilmour
(Born March,6th 1946)
is an English guitarist,
singer and songwriter
who is a member
of the rock band
Pink Floyd.
He joined in 1967,
shortly before the departure
of the founder member
Syd Barrett.
By the early 1980s,
Pink Floyd
had become one of the
highest-selling
and most
acclaimed acts
in music history.
Following the departure of
Roger Waters
in 1985,
Pink Floyd
continued under
Gilmour's leadership
and released
the studio albums
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
(1987),
The Division Bell
(1994)
and
The Endless River
(2014).
Gilmour has released
five solo studio albums:
David Gilmour
(1978),
About Face
(1984),
On an Island
(2006),
Rattle That Lock
(2015)
and
Luck and Strange
(2024).
He has achieved
three number-one
solo albums
on the
UK Albums Chart,
and six
with Pink Floyd.
He produced
two albums
by
the Dream Academy,
and is credited
for bringing the
singer-songwriter
Kate Bush
to public attention,
paying for her
early recordings
and helping her
find a
record contract.
As a member of
Pink Floyd,
Gilmour was
inducted into
the US
Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame
in 1996,
and the
UK
Music Hall of Fame
in 2005.
In 2003,
Gilmour was made a
Commander of the Order
of the British Empire
(CBE).
He received the award for
Outstanding Contribution
at the
2008 Q Awards.
In 2023,
Rolling Stone
named him
the 28th
Greatest guitarist.
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