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: Sittin' In The Sun

Interpret:
Sam Cooke
Album:
Ain't That Good News
Sittin' in the sun counting my money
 fanned by my summer-breeze
 Sweeter than the honey is counting my money
 Those greenbacks on the trees
 Comes the summer shower drops of rain falling
 Sweeter than the christ-ma*s chimes
 And here on those jungles upon the roof shingles
 Like pennies, nickles and dimes


 Though it is knows that what I own
 is not a lot to move
 fills of gold that I behold
 are in my bank-account,
 I'm sitting in the sun
 counting my money
 happy as can be
 and to top it all when shadows fall
 I look to heaven and I see
 there's a silver dollar
 in the sky shining down on me


 Can you wonder why I'm in
 sittin' in the sun
 counting my money
 happy as can be
 and to top it all when shadows fall
 I look to heaven and I see
 there's a silver dollar
 in the sky shining down on me