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: Willow Weep For Me

Interpret:
Sam Cooke
Album:
Mr. Soul
Willow weep for me,
 Willow weep for me,
 Bend your branches green,
 Along the stream that runs to sea.
 Listen to my plea,
 Listen willow and weep for me.


 Gone my lover's dream
 Lovely summer dream
 Gone and left me here
 To weep my tears into the stream.
 Sad as I can be,
 Hear me willow and weep for me.


 Whisper to the wind,
 And say that love has sinned
 To leave my heart a breaking
 And making a moan
 Murmur to the night,
 To hide her starry light,
 So none will find me sighing
 And crying, all alone.


 Oh weeping willow tree,
 Weep, in sympathy,
 Bend your branches down
 Along the ground and cover me,
 When the shadows fall,
 Bend oh willow and weep for me.