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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.
Ruth Brewer Eisenberg (1902–1996) was "Ivory" of "Ebony and Ivory," the inter-racial piano duo. Eisenberg and Margaret Patrick , "Ebony," each had a stroke in 1982, which partially disabled them. Prior to the stroke, each had studied and played classical piano.
Tug of War is the third solo studio album by the English musician Paul McCartney, released on 26 April 1982.It is his 11th album overall following the break up of the Beatles in 1970, his first album released after the dissolution of his band Wings the previous year, and his first album following the murder of his former songwriting partner John Lennon. [1]
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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
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.
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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]