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On October 8th, 1963, although on tour, Cooke and associates of his entourage had been arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace after they tried to sign-up at a white motel — an incident reflected while in the song’s third verse. And Cooke’s mourning for his 18-month-aged son, Vincent, who drowned that June, resonates in th