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 His Master's Voice and then EMI) in 1927. The record became His Master's Voice's biggest seller for 1927, and made the piece, the choir and the soloist world-famous. The original master recording wore out, and a second version had to be recorded to replace it in 1928. In 1962, it became EMI's first million-selling classical record, earning it "gold disc" status.
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