- Has four sons, Sam, Matt, Hunter, and Garon. One of his sons, Matt Morris, was one of the "New Mousketeers" on The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989).
- Had one of the early hit versions of "The Wind Beneath My Wings." His version went to No. 4 on Billboard magazine's country singles chart.
- Also had a successful series of duet hits with Crystal Gayle, including the 1986 No. 1 country hit "Making Up For Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers Song)" (1986), which was at one point slated to become the theme to the TV series Dallas (1978). Their other major duet hit together was 1987's "Another World", which was the theme of the NBC soap opera Another World (1964) for many years.
- He has a twin sister.
- Country music performer.
- Scored four solo No. 1 hits on Billboard's country charts -- "Baby Bye-Bye" and "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (1985); "100 Percent Chance of Rain" (1986); and "Leave Me Lonely" (1987).
- Gary was the first performer to replace original cast member Colm Wilkinson as Jean Valjean on Broadway in "Les Miserables". He also sang the role on the 1990 complete symphonic recording of the show, which won the Grammy for Best Musical Cast Show Album.
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