THE BEST SIDE OF GREATEST SONG EVER

The best Side of greatest song ever

On October 8th, 1963, though on tour, Cooke and members of his entourage were arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace when they tried to sign-up at a white motel — an incident mirrored in the song’s 3rd verse. And Cooke’s mourning for his eighteen-month-outdated son, Vincent, who drowned that June, resonates in the last ve

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