CONSIDERATIONS TO KNOW ABOUT GREATEST SONG EVER

On Oct 8th, 1963, while on tour, Cooke and associates of his entourage ended up arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace after they tried to register at a white motel — an incident reflected within the song’s 3rd verse. And Cooke’s mourning for his 18-month-aged son, Vincent, who drowned that June, resonates in the final ve