Margaret Patrick
Margaret Patrick | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1913 |
| Died | 1994 |
| Musical career | |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Piano |
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.