George J. Gaskin

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George J. Gaskin (1850s - 1920) was an American singer. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he became one of the most popular singers in the 1890s and was nicknamed the "Silver Voiced Irish Tenor". Some of his songs included "After the Ball" (1893), "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" (1897), "On the Banks of the Wabash" (1897), "My Old New Hampshire Home" (1898), and "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" (1900).