David Hughes (tenor)

Following the fall of Japan his ship was diverted to Hong Kong as part of Operation Ethelred under Rear-Admiral Harcourt in order to receive the surrender of the Japanese.

After returning to the UK and being demobilised in 1947 he received a grant to study singing at Wigmore Hall, London.

[2] He had an early break in 1948 appearing with Ginger Rogers and Lizbeth Webb in Carissima, a West End musical.

He appeared in the stage show Summer Song in 1956,[2] a biographical musical about Antonín Dvořák's visit to the United States.

[1] The composer was Mátyás Seiber and the lyrics by Norman Newell, who also wrote hits for Ken Dodd ("Promises", 1966), Shirley Bassey ("Never Never Never", 1973) and Matt Monro ("Portrait of My Love", 1960).

He also co-starred in the musical Scapa Flow at the Adelphi Theatre alongside Pete Murray and Edward Woodward.

Sir John Barbirolli engaged him on several occasions as the tenor soloist in Verdi's Requiem.

His popularity also saw him presenting his show "Make Mine Music" with the Midland Light Orchestra on BBC Radio.