AN UNBIASED VIEW OF GREATEST SONG EVER

On October 8th, 1963, though on tour, Cooke and users of his entourage ended up arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace once they made an effort to sign-up at a white motel — an incident reflected within the song’s third verse. And Cooke’s mourning for his 18-month-aged son, Vincent, who drowned that June, resonates in the