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[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.
McCartney wrote "Ebony and Ivory" at his farm in Scotland. [3] The song uses the ebony (black) and ivory (white) keys on a piano as a metaphor for integration and racial harmony. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say, "Black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony, folks!"
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.
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.
Ivory Music and Video, Inc. (formerly Ivory Records Corporation) is a Philippine record label owned by Viva Music Group, a subsidiary of Viva Communications, Inc. The label works with OPM veteran artists and bands/groups such as the Company, Side A, Wolfgang, MYMP, Roselle Nava and April Boy Regino, as well as contemporary artists like Maja Salvador and Silent Sanctuary.
"Ebony and Ivory" Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder: 5 "Centerfold" The J. Geils Band: 6 "Don't You Want Me" The Human League: 7 "Jack & Diane" John Cougar: 8 "Hurts So Good" John Cougar: 9 "Abracadabra" Steve Miller Band: 10 "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Chicago: 11 "Tainted Love" Soft Cell: 12 "Chariots of Fire" Vangelis: 13 "Harden My Heart ...
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
This is a list of songs with music videos filmed entirely in black-and-white. Black-and-white music videos are also listed, in the rare instance that a music video has its own Wikipedia page. Contents