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Ebony and Ivory is a Rhythm and blues act. Their influence carried into Michael Jackson, Eddie Murphy and Frank Sinatra, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 3 connections around Ebony and Ivory and forward to Michael Jackson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"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. The single reached number one on both the UK and the US charts and was among the top-selling singles of 1982 in the US. During the apartheid era, the South African Broadcasting Corporation banned the song after Wonder dedicated his 1984 Academy Award for Best Original Song to Nelson Mandela.
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Ebony and Ivory went on to shape Michael Jackson, Eddie Murphy and Frank Sinatra. 3 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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