AN UNBIASED VIEW OF GREATEST SONG EVER

On Oct 8th, 1963, whilst on tour, Cooke and associates of his entourage were arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace when they attempted to sign-up at a white motel — an incident mirrored while in the song’s 3rd verse. And Cooke’s mourning for his 18-month-previous son, Vincent, who drowned that June, resonates in the last