THE GREATEST SONG EVER DIARIES

On Oct 8th, 1963, even though on tour, Cooke and customers of his entourage were being arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace when they tried to sign-up at a white motel — an incident mirrored during the song’s third verse. And Cooke’s mourning for his eighteen-month-aged son, Vincent, who drowned that June, resonates in

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