GREATEST SONG EVER CAN BE FUN FOR ANYONE

On Oct 8th, 1963, whilst on tour, Cooke and customers of his entourage ended up arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace once they tried to sign-up at a white motel — an incident mirrored from the song’s third verse. And Cooke’s mourning for his 18-month-previous son, Vincent, who drowned that June, resonates in the final v