West Coast Pop Duo …
“Eye To Eye” is the duo comprising of Julian Marshall, keyboard player coming from UK, and Deborah Berg, female vocalist coming from Seattle,USA. Julian Marshall had done another duo with female singer, “Marshall Hain” in late 70’s, which released the album “Free Ride” in UK (same album released in USA was titled as “Dancing In The City”.
The reason why this unknown pop duo “Eye To Eye” was remarked was, as you guess, the works produced by Gary Katz known for his producing works with Steely Dan. It is said that “Eye To Eye” started its duo activity in 1979 by releasing their single record “Am I Normal ?” c/w “Tonight Insomnia” under Automatic Records UK.
In 1982, they released 1st album “Eye To Eye” produced by Gary Katz and first single “Nice Girls” hit Billboard Top 40. Only one year later, they released their 2nd album “Shakespeare Stole My Baby” including the Billboard Top 100 single hit tune “Lucky”. If I explain to their music style, “Eye To Eye” was “pop heavily influenced from Steely Dan.”
Discography
Clean Slate
12th Street Records 2005
Tracks: Scenes By A Wishing Well, Love Is Not Blind, Last, Blue Dragonfly, Shoes, Fly Now, Mother Of A Family, Only Ever Now, How Sweet It Was, One So Unsuspecting & Clean Slate.
Musicians on the Clean Slate album: Julian Marshall, Deborah Berg, John Outnam, Ivan Bodley, Martin Ditcham & The Uptown Horns.
Eye To Eye/Shakespeare Stole My Baby
Wounded Bird Records 2002
Tracks: Hunger Pains, Life In Motion, Nice Girls, More Hopeless Knowledge, Progress Ahead, Physical Attraction. Time Flys, On The Mend, Shakespeare Stole My Baby, Tonight Insomnia, Falling For A Funny One, Jabberwokky, Lucky, T.W.A. Sari, Something Good, Mermaid Man & Are You Listening?.
Musicians on the Eye To Eye/Shakespeare Stole My Baby album: Julian Marshall, Deborah Berg, Jeff Porcaro, Jim Keltner, Chuck Rainey, Abraham Laboriel, Rick Derringer, Elliott Randall, Dean Parks, Ian Underwood, Starz Vanderlocket, Rush Underwood, Timothy B. Schmit, Art Wood, Jimmy Haslip, Donald Fagen, Domenic Troiano, Steve Lukather, Larry Carlton, Jerry Hey, Chuck Findley, Larry Williams, Kim Hutchcroft, Martin Ditcham, Prasant, Joe Salvo, Ben Marshall, Frank Floyd, Zac Sanders & Daniel Lazerus.
Shakespeare Stole My Baby
Warner Bros 1983
Tracks: Shakespeare Stole My Baby, Tonight Insomnia, Falling For A Funny One, Jabberwokky, Lucky, T.W.A. Sari, Something Good, Mermaid Man & Are You Listening?.
Musicians on the Shakespeare Stole My Baby album: Julian Marshall, Deborah Berg, Art Wood, Jimmy Haslip, Donald Fagen, Domenic Troiano, Steve Lukather, Larry Carlton, Jerry Hey, Chuck Findley, Larry Williams, Kim Hutchcroft, Martin Ditcham, Prasant, Joe Salvo, Ben Marshall, Frank Floyd, Zac Sanders & Daniel Lazerus.
Eye To Eye
Warner Bros 1982
Tracks: Hunger Pains, Life In Motion, Nice Girls, More Hopeless Knowledge, Progress Ahead, Physical Attraction. Time Flys & On The Mend.
Musicians on the Eye To Eye album: Julian Marshall, Deborah Berg, Jeff Porcaro, Jim Keltner, Chuck Rainey, Abraham Laboriel, Rick Derringer, Elliott Randall, Dean Parks, Ian Underwood, Starz Vanderlocket, Rush Underwood & Timothy B. Schmit.