Eye to Eye (band)
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Eye to Eye are a duo formed by Seattle, USA singer Deborah Berg and English pianist Julian Marshall. They first met in San Diego in 1980 at a performance of the dance ensemble Mostly Women Moving, for whom Berg danced. Berg had been injured and sang instead of dancing on the night of the performance Marshall attended; he spoke with Berg and a few weeks later asked her to fly to England to record with him.
A deal with Automatic Records followed soon after, and their first single, "Am I Normal?", came out later that year. Signing with Warner Bros. Records, they released their debut album in 1981, and the lead single "Nice Girls" cracked the Top 40 in the US. A second album followed in 1983, produced by Steely Dan producer Gary Katz, but it did not receive much label support and did not sell well.[1]
In 2001, the members reunited, and in 2005 released a third album.
Don Rodney Vaughan, Ph.D. in Mass Communication, writes, "Nice Girls by Eye to Eye, which peaked at #37 on Billboard's Hot 100 in the summer 1982, is one of the best songs of that decade. When I was a disc jockey on Top 40 Radio I probably played that one more than any other record. Loved Deborah's voice!"
Discography
- Eye to Eye (Warner Bros. Records, 1981) US #99[2]
- Shakespeare Stole My Baby (Warner Bros. Records, 1983)
- Clean Slate (12th St. Records, 2005)
Singles
- "Am I Normal?" (1980)
- "Nice Girls" (1982) US #37[3]
- "Lucky" (1983) US #88