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: Yeah Man

Interpret:
Sam Cooke
Album:
Shake
Do you like good music
 crazy 'bout music
 any old music
 yeah, yeah
 do you like all the dances
 you crazy 'bout the dances


 as long as they are swinging
 what, what
 let's try some others dances
 I don't know which one
 let's try to do the monkey
 all right, yeah


 do you like all the dances
 I'm crazy 'bout the dances
 let's try a new dance
 let's try the watutsi
 I love to do the tutsi
 put the twist with the tutsi


 let's try a new dance
 dig what I tell you
 got to do what I tell you


 you're on a football field
 you're down in the huddle
 run for that touchdown


 you're on a baseball field now
 your bat's in your hand now
 swing for that homerun


 you're in the middle of an ocean
 ship had gone done now
 swim our life now
 swim, swim, got to go,
 I'm going home