Americký zpěvák původem z Chicaga, vl. jm. Samuel Cook (nar. 1931). Jeho záběr sahal od gospelu, blues a soulu až po swing a rock´n´roll. Od 40. let zpíval gospely, nejprve se svými sourozenci ve sk. Singing Children, později ve sk. Highway...

Píseň: Camptown Twist

Interpret:
Sam Cooke
Album:
Twistin' The Night Away
now the camptown ladies they sing this song (doo dah)
 they say the camptown racetrack five miles long
 I've come down here to see the horses run
 and if I don't make money I'll have some fun


 because we're gonna twist all night
 we're gonna twist all day
 if I don't make some money I'll have some fun
 twistin' the night away


 now the longtailed filly and the big black horse
 they tried too take a shortcut and couldn't get across
 the black horse stick in a big muddy hole
 and the filly wound up around a ten foot pole


 I don't care
 we're gonna twist all night
 we're gonna twist all day
 if I don't make some money I'll have some fun
 twistin' the night away


 you oughtta seem them fly on the ten mile heat
 they go round the racetrack and then repeat
 now I win my money and the bobtailed neck
 I'm gonna keep my money in an old shoebag


 we're gonna twist all night
 we're gonna twist all day
 since I done won this money I'm gonna have some fun
 twistin' the night away


 we're gonna twist all night
 we're gonna twist all day
 since I done won this money I'm gonna have some fun
 twistin' the night away