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
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 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
isn t she lovely 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
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 harmony side by side on my piano keyboard oh lord, why can t we side by side on my piano keyboard ebony and ivory larry: how are we going to top that? you stopped singing in the middle of it. larry: i know. i gave up. so when the record comes out, you don t get as much as me. larry: okay. how many instruments do you play?
and she s gone cause i ll be loving you always you grow up and learn that isn t she lovely 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