5 EASY FACTS ABOUT GREATEST SONG EVER DESCRIBED

On October 8th, 1963, while on tour, Cooke and members of his entourage were being arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace once they made an effort to sign-up at a white motel — an incident mirrored in the song’s 3rd verse. And Cooke’s mourning for his 18-month-aged son, Vincent, who drowned that June, resonates in the las