AN UNBIASED VIEW OF GREATEST SONG EVER

On Oct 8th, 1963, whilst on tour, Cooke and members of his entourage had been arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace once they made an effort to sign up in a white motel — an incident mirrored from the song’s 3rd verse. And Cooke’s mourning for his eighteen-thirty day period-old son, Vincent, who drowned that June, resona