Thomas Dolby Official

Thomas Morgan Robertson (born: ), better known professionally as Thomas Dolby, (formally simply Dolby until the Dolby sound company made him change it), is an English musician, singer, and songwriter, who performs the genres new wave and synth pop. Since he began his career in 1979, he's released a total of five studio albums, including The Golden Age of Wireless, (1982), The Flat Earth, (1984), Aliens Ate My Buick, (1988), Astronauts & Heretics, (1992), and A Map of the Floating City, (2011), three extended plays, which included Blinded by Science, (1983), Amerikana, (2010), and Oceanea, (2011), four compilation albums, which includes Retrospectacle: The Best of Thomas Dolby, (1994), 12 X 12 Original Remixes, (1999), The Singular Thomas Dolby (EMI singles CD re-release with DVD of videos), (2009), and The Invisible Lighthouse (tour-only compilation accompanying The Invisible Lighthouse film tour), (2013), three live albums, which were Forty, (2001), The Sole Inhabitants, (2006), and Live in Tokyo 2012, (2012), and five soundtrack albums, which are (As Dolby's Cube) Howard the Duck Soundtrack (split LP, one side by Dolby, the other by John Barry), (1986), Music from the Film 'Gothic', (1987), The Gate to the Mind's Eye soundtrack by Thomas Dolby featuring vocals by Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, (1994), The Dark Eye, (1995), and Obsidian, (1997). 
Other than his music, he has also worked on different types of technology for decades, such as virtual reality, as well as creating different ringtones for cellphones. He's best known for his 1984 hit song She Blinded Me with Science, which included actual scientist Magnum Pyke in the official music video, (as well as providing guest vocals, too).
== Collaborators and Connections ==
* Akiko Yano
* Adele Bertei – Duet on Hyperactive
* Aleks Syntek
* Andy Partridge
* Belinda Carlisle – Dolby played keyboards on Carlisle's album Heaven on Earth
* Bob Weir – guitar on Dolby's Album Astronauts & Heretics
* Budgie – drums on Dolby's Album Astronauts & Heretics
* Brian Salter
* Brian Transeau – Dolby and BT co-headlined a tour together in 2006
* Bruce Woolley – Dolby played keyboards on Woolley's album by The Camera Club; Woolley contributed guest vocals on Dolby's album The Flat Earth
* Chris Braide
* Clif Brigden
* Chucho Merchán Guitarist on the Dolby's Flat Earth Tour
* David Bowie – Dolby played in Bowie's backup band at Live Aid
* David Byrne – Dolby played keyboards with Byrne as part of the TED2010 house band
* Def Leppard – Dolby was session keyboardist on the Pyromania album, appearing under the name Booker T. Boffin
* Eddi Reader
* Eddie Van Halen
* Ethel (string quartet) – Dolby played keyboards with Ethel as part of the TED2010 house band
* Fiorella Terenzi, (PhD – Astrophysics)
* Foreigner – Dolby played keyboards on Foreigner's album 4
* François Kevorkian
* George Clinton – Dolby contributed keyboards and guest vocals to Clinton's Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends album. Clinton also collaborated on Dolby's Cube's "May the Cube Be with You" and appeared in the music video for the song; as well as writing the song "Hot Sauce" on Dolby's Aliens Ate My Buick album
* Herbie Hancock – Dolby was part of the 1985 Grammy Awards performance
* Howard Jones – Dolby was part of the 1985 Grammy Awards performance
* Imogen Heap – guest musician/vocalist on A Map of the Floating City
* Jerry Garcia – guitar on Dolby's album Astronauts & Heretics
* Jimmy Breaux
* Joan Armatrading – Dolby played keyboards on Armatrading's album Walk Under Ladders
* Joe Walsh
* John E. Love
* Joni Mitchell – Dolby produced Mitchell's Dog Eat Dog album
* Lene Lovich – Dolby wrote and played keyboards on Lovich hit single "New Toy" and played keyboards for her on that tour
* Little Richard
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* Malcolm McLaren – Dolby played keyboards on McLaren's album Duck Rock
* Mark Beer
* Mecano
* Michael Doucet
* Natalie MacMaster
* Ofra Haza – Dolby produced and played keyboards on Haza's album Desert Wind
* Peter Gabriel
* Prefab Sprout – Dolby produced Prefab Sprout albums Steve McQueen, From Langley Park to Memphis, and Jordan: The Comeback
* Robyn Hitchcock – Hitchcock contributed guest vocals on Dolby's album The Flat Earth and Dolby played keyboards on Hitchcock's album, Black Snake Diamond Role
* Roger Waters – Dolby played keyboards in the 1990 Berlin concert of Pink Floyd's The Wall and portrayed the Schoolmaster in "The Trial"
* Ryuichi Sakamoto – Dolby collaborated with Sakamoto on the single "Field Work"
* Stevie Wonder – Dolby was part of the 1985 Grammy Awards performance
* Tata Vega
* Tim Curry
* Thompson Twins – Dolby played additional synths on the 1982 Thompson Twins album "Set"
* Thomas Guz Sanchez
* Trevor Horn
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