THE BEST SIDE OF GREATEST SONG EVER

The best Side of greatest song ever

On Oct 8th, 1963, whilst on tour, Cooke and associates of his entourage had been arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace once they made an effort to register at a white motel — an incident mirrored in the song’s third verse. And Cooke’s mourning for his eighteen-month-previous son, Vincent, who drowned that June, resonates

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