Robert Autry Inman (January 6, 1929 – September 6, 1988) was an American country and rockabilly musician.
Inman was born in Florence, Alabama, and was performing on local radio station WLAY by age 14.
His first single in the style, "Be Bop Baby" b/w "It Would Be a Doggone Lie", became the best-known of his rockabilly titles.
In addition to being a vocalist, Inman was a well-respected songwriter, and his tunes were covered by the likes of Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Moon Mullican and Hank Williams, as well as The Louvin Brothers and Alison Krauss (the latter two recording "I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby").
[1] In 1968, he released a single with Bob Luman entitled "Ballad of Two Brothers", which turned out to be his biggest hit in the U.S., reaching No.