Watched two tv specials with him and interviews, and can only conclude that he seemed like a genuine human being.
Only came out very late in his life as I recall for being gay. And it bothered him.
But he will always be fondly remembered as Gomer Pyle on the Andy Griffith show.
I always thought so too. And he did have a great voice. Will have to check, but it sounded like he had an opera trained voice. They used to sell his albums (and 8 track tape sets 🤣) on late night infomercials up until the 1980s. Lots of clips of him singing.
Gooolllly, good ol’ youtube has it:
https://youtu.be/I04P04eefcA
(I forgot what an 8 track tape looked like, but there’s one at the end of the clip)
You got me down a YouTube rabbit hole... check this one out to show his range:
w/Carol Burnett: https://youtu.be/i-cXessab-I
Man, he hit all the notes while doing comedy. The guy was really incredible.
That was a great performance by Jim Nabors and Carol Burnett
Another good one From Gomer Pyle was when he sang "The Impossible Dream"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jkkmb6jEAU
Only came out very late in his life as I recall for being gay.Well that explains the soy face in his profile pic. share