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"Ebony and Ivory" is a song that was released in 1982 as a single by Paul McCartney featuring Stevie Wonder. It was issued on 29 March that year as the lead single from McCartney's third solo album, Tug of War (1982). Written by McCartney, the song aligns the black and white keys of a piano keyboard with the theme of racial harmony.
Journalist Whitney Pastorek compared the song to McCartney's 1982 duet with Stevie Wonder, "Ebony and Ivory". She asserted that "Say Say Say" was a better song, and had a better "though slightly more nonsensical" music video, adding that the song had no "heavy-handed social content". [28]
Liberace, who was a fan of "Ebony and Ivory", made his last television appearance on the Hour Magazine with Gary Collins and made it a condition of his appearance that if they would bring Eisenberg and Patrick on the program, he would come. [8] Newsman Morry Alter won an award for his CBS News report on them.
[1] [5] A local reporter dubbed them Ebony and Ivory and the name stuck. [3] They began to play in other senior citizen facilities, in veterans' homes and hospitals. [3] [4] After being picked up by The New York Times, which put the story of "Ebony and Ivory" on its wire service, articles about them appeared in newspapers around the United States.
Margaret Patrick (1913–1994) was "Ebony" in Ebony and Ivory, the name given to a pair of great-grandmothers in New Jersey, one white and one black, who played classical piano together. Each had a stroke in 1982 and became partially disabled. They were introduced to one another the following year and began playing piano together, one hand each.
Ebony and Ivory" is a single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Ebony and Ivory may also refer to: Ebony and Ivory (piano duo) Ebony and Ivory (Devil May Cry), fictional weapons "Ebony and Ivory", an episode of Roc "Ebony and Ivory", an episode of The Jeffersons; The keys of a piano
The song was released on streaming services, and a lyric video was uploaded to YouTube. [6] On 10 September, a music video was uploaded to YouTube to promote the single. [7] According to Rolling Stone magazine, "The black-and-white video opens with a teenage couple sharing a kiss on a front doorstep before the girl's mother intrudes and sends ...
"New" was greeted positively by critics and the musical press. As well as being selected as BBC Radio 2's Record of the Week [4] [5] and placed on their A-list, [6] the track was greeted as the "Track of the Day" by Mojo which praised its "doe-eyed optimism, irresistible melody" and "orchestrated pop arrangements". [7]