James Aldrich Libbey (February 29, 1864 – April 29, 1925) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, singer and songwriter, best known for launching the song "After the Ball". == Biography == Libbey was born and grew up in East Somerville, Massachusetts. He was noted as a boy soprano, and in 1884 had his first professional engagement at the Bijou Theatre in Boston. In 1885 he traveled to Europe, and studied in Paris — where he studied for a prize at... [more on Wikipedia]