Thomas Dolby was born in London, England as Thomas Morgan Robertson and actually got his stage name from the Dolby cassette machine he was obsessed with in his school years.  He rose to popularity in the mid 1980’s as part of the Synthpop movement.  

If you want to see what Thomas Dolby is up to these days, you’ll want to visit his website at www.thomasdolby.com.  It’s a great site with a blog, a podcast (videocast with music), and information on his upcoming two-album re-release.  I’ll be waiting for this one myself!