Few actors epitomized the aw-shucks country boy persona better than Emmy-nominated actor and singer Jim Nabors. He won over television audiences in the early 1960s with a unique dual talent – wide-eyed, rural-based comedy that occasionally gave way to a rich, florid baritone singing voice. Nabors parlayed his skills on countless variety programs before Andy Griffith tapped him to play naïve gas pump jockey Gomer Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show” (CBS, 1960-68). The character proved so popular with viewers that Nabors was granted his own sitcom, “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” (CBS, 1964-69), which
