Autry Inman

Robert Autry Inman ( born January 6, 1929 in Florence, Alabama; † 6 September 1988) was an American country and rockabilly musician. He was a member of Cowboy Copas ' backing group and the KWKH Louisiana Hayride.

Life

Childhood and youth

Born as Robert Autry Inman in Florence, he was 14 years his first broadcast on the radio station WLAY. His second first name is written according to some sources, " Autrey ". After he finished school, he worked for the Lauderdale Co. Law & Equity Court as a reporter.

Career

Shortly thereafter, he began in the backing band Cowboy Copas ' to play the Oklahoma Cowboys as a bass player. He also was a member of George Morgan 's Candy Kids, where he remained until 1952 a member. In 1948, he had played with the small label Bullet Records first plates. For the Decca Records Inman took 1952 on a total of 40 Country tunes. 1953 but his career was interrupted by conscription into the army. After his release in 1956 Inman moved to rockabilly music, which at that time was at its ascent. His first rockabilly single Be-Bop Baby / It Would Be A Doggone Lie became his most famous work, which was released on Brunswick Records in Germany. In 1958 he moved to RCA Records, where he continued to publish a number of rockabilly songs. As a composer Inman was successful again and again, where his songs have been covered by, among others, Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams.

After the end of Rockabilly Inman moved back to the country. In Sims, Epic and Jubilee, where he recorded an album, he brought further out plates with which he reached twice in the Billboard charts. His duet with Bob Luman Ballad Of Two Brothers reached number 14 on the country charts. The early 1980s, Inman was arrested for bootlegging and had to serve a prison sentence.

Autry Inman died on 6 September 1988 at the age of 59 years, a few years after he had been released from prison. Inman was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.

Discography

• Teenage Wonderland