THE SINGLE BEST STRATEGY TO USE FOR GREATEST SONG EVER

On Oct 8th, 1963, while on tour, Cooke and users of his entourage had been arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace once they attempted to sign up at a white motel — an incident mirrored during the song’s 3rd verse. And Cooke’s mourning for his 18-month-previous son, Vincent, who drowned that June, resonates in the last ver