Ernest Lough

Ernest Arthur Lough (; 17 November 1911 – 22 February 2000) was an English singer who was the soloist in Felix Mendelssohn's "Hear my prayer", which includes the famous "O for the Wings of a Dove", for the Gramophone Company (later HMV and then EMI) in 1927. The record became HMV's biggest seller for 1927, and made the piece, the choir and the soloist world-famous. The original master recording wo… More