Margaret Patrick Margaret Patrick 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. A reporter covering their story dubbed them "Ebony and Ivory" after the 1982 hit song by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Patrick grew up in Harlem and started playing the piano at the age of eight and immediately fell in love
Paul McCartney and Wings McCartneys and Laine again added new members, recruiting guitarist Laurence Juber and drummer Steve Holley. The resulting album, "Back to the Egg", was a relative flop, with its singles under-performing and the critical reception negative. During the supporting tour, Paul McCartney was arrested in Japan for cannabis possession, putting the band on hold. Despite a final US number one, the live version of McCartney's solo single "Coming Up", after Laine departed from the band, Wings discontinued for good in 1981. After the Beatles' break-up in 1970, McCartney recorded two albums: "McCartney" (1970), credited to himself, and "Ram" (1971), with wife