greatest song ever - An Overview
On Oct 8th, 1963, even though on tour, Cooke and customers of his entourage were arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace once they tried to register in a white motel — an incident reflected in the song’s third verse. And Cooke’s mourning for his 18-month-outdated son, Vincent, who drowned that June, resonates in the last v