out to, you know, connect and get together. and we met in montserrat and we recorded the song. i felt the sentiment was, you know, something that would be appropriate. larry: sure was. and i just felt that at the end of the day it really is about, you know, being able to, you know, understand that we may have differences of opinions but at the end of the day we have to we have to come together and live and work together. just as on my piano, why can t we? so it was a great song. larry: and at a larry king cardiac gala we sang that song together. i remember that. larry: but we didn t do i didn t do ivory. what did i say? you may have been ebony. larry: no. that s right. i was ebony and you were ivory. yeah. larry: let s see if we remember a little bit of it. let s see here. larry: i don t remember the first line. ebony ebony and ivory live together in perfect
how did ebony and ivory come about? side by side on my piano side by side there was of a promotions person in motown for years. reached out to someone working with me at the time saying paul mccartney had a song this he felt would be great for he and i to do together. the person that told us of the song was herb beagle who worked in motown right when i first got with motown. and so we worked it out to connect and get together and met in monsurat. and i felt at the end of the day it really is about being able to understand that we may have differences of opinions, but at the end of the day we have to come together and live and work together.
just as on my piano, why can t we? a great song. loifr at a larry king cardiac will goa, we sang that song together. i remember that. larry: i didn t do ivory. what did i say? you may have been ebony. larry: no, i was ebony and you were ivory. yeah. larry: let s see if we remember a little of it. let s see here. ebony ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony side by side on my piano keyboard
together. just as on my piano, why can t we? a great song. loifr at a larry king cardiac will goa, we sang that song together. i remember that. larry: i didn t do ivory. what did i say? you may have been ebony. larry: no, i was ebony and you were ivory. yeah. larry: let s see if we remember a little of it. let s see here. ebony ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony side by side on my piano keyboard oh lord why can t we side by side on my piano keyboard oh lord why can t we ebony and ivory
they ve been spending most of their lives living in a future paradise oh, oh that love s in need of love today larry: we re back with stevie wonder. how did ebony and ivory come about? side by side on my piano keyboard oh, lord, why don t we it was a promotions person that worked for motown for some years that reached out to someone that was working with me at the time saying that paul mccartney had a song that he felt would be great for he and i to do together. the person that told us about this song was herb beagle, who worked in motown right when you i was first got with motown. and so, you know, we worked it