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Named after a 17th century story titled “The Marriage of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren“, the band formed in San Francisco, California and was signed to CBS Records. Cock Robin’s eponymous debut album was produced by Steve Hillage. It was largely ignored in their native country, as with the majority of their output, but it was an overnight success in Europe, especially in France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and the Netherlands, where the singles “When Your Heart Is Weak“, “The Promise You Made“ and “Thought You Were On My Side“ became big hits, and the album itself a chart-topper. “When Your Heart Is Weak“ was the band’s only chart single in the U.S., where it reached No. 35 in the late summer of 1985. It also became a radio favorite in South Africa in early 1986. In mid 1987, the band, reduced from the original quartet to the duo of Peter Kingsbery and Anna LaCazio, released a second album, After Here Through Midland, produced by Don Gehman, who had previously worked with John Mellencamp, among others. As with their
