Jim Nabors

Jim Nabors has been appearing at the Indy 500 more times than some of the top drivers. You may know Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle of "The Andy Griffith Show" television fame, but Nabors has been singing "Back Home Again" at the Indy 500 for decades.

Jim Nabors was the most beloved of the many singers who performedthe tune at the 500. Since 1946, Indianapolis Motor Speedway has played the song, following the "Star-Spangled Banner" and "Taps." In 1972, Jim Nabors made his first appearance and has been singing almost every year since then.

Jim Nabors currently lives in Hawaii. When he's been too ill to make the trip, as in 2007, he's appeared on video screens and encouraged the crowd to sing along.

Jim Nabors was born and raised in Alabama.  He started singing in his high school's glee club and church choir.



The son of Mavis and Fred Nabors, Jim was born and raised in Sylacauga, Alabama, where he first began singing in his high school's glee club and church choir.