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Ebony and Ivory was the name given to two elderly women in New Jersey, one white and one black, who played classical piano together. Both had experienced a stroke in 1982 and become partially disabled.
[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.
"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.
This is a list of African-American women in classical music. ... member of the Ebony and Ivory duo; Philippa Schuyler (1931–1967), child prodigy, concert pianist ...
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.
McCartney's first wife Linda McCartney (pictured in 1976) recorded the album Ram with her husband and recorded music with Wings as well. Stevie Wonder (pictured in 1973) recorded "Ebony and Ivory" and "What's That You're Doing" with McCartney in 1982.
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]
In total, Joe recorded more than 30 solo albums, although only about half were officially released. [4] In 1988, he appeared in an episode of Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show titled "Sunday in the Park". Around this period, a music video for a novelty song he recorded, "Dance with Joe", received extensive airplay on MuchMusic.