Ebony and Ivory ( Paul Mc Cartney, Stevie Wonder, piano vocal cover)
It s easy to dismiss this McCartneypenned song as somewhat twee. Musically, the theme of racial harmony wasn t new at the time and the theme is alive and well today, surfacing in popular hits or on significant albums. Songs like En Vogue s Free Your Mind, Michael Jackson s Black and White, Peter Gabriel s Biko and Midnight Oil s Beds are Burning are probably familiar (if you re in your 30s). If you re older maybe even Blue Mink s Melting Pot and Three Dog Night s Black and White the
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