Rumored Buzz on greatest song ever
On Oct 8th, 1963, while on tour, Cooke and members of his entourage ended up arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace once they tried to sign up in 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 last verse: