L.M. Hilton

In musical contexts, Lalovi M. Hilton went by the name L.M. Hilton and, though not pursuing music professionally, embodied the essence of a folksinger through his straightforward, sincere, and unpretentious delivery. Employed as a police officer in Ogden, Utah, where he once served as superintendent of the bureau of identification and records, he also held a position in the high priest's presidency of the Ogden Stake of Zion. Recognition arrived during the early 1950s when ethnomusicologist Willard Rhodes sought him out, resulting in the creation of the striking 10-inch Folkways album Mormon Folk Songs, performed a cappella with genuine authenticity.