ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A 1980s new wave musician who hit listeners with technology will share his memories of the era at Archer Music Hall, it was announced.
Thomas Dolby, who had the 1982 Top 5 hit "She Blinded Me with Science," will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, according to the venue's website.
The show will be the last in a run of seven performances called The Iconic 80s: My Personal Recollections.Thomas Dolby's website
The show will be the last in a run of seven performances called The Iconic 80s: My Personal Recollections, according to his website.
It will be a seated-audience performance — unusual for the venue, which typically offers musical acts in a general admission standing format.
Tickets, at $39.80-$77, went on sale Friday at the Archer Music Hall website and at the box office at 939 Hamilton St., Allentown.
Early MTV favorite
"She Blinded Me with Science" was an early hit with the then-fledgling channels MTV and VH1, with the video of the song portraying Dolby as a mad scientist.
The song used synthesizers and drum machines, which later became staples of new wave music.
In 2006, VH1 include the song on its list of "Greatest Songs of the '80s," and later at No. 20 on its list of the "100 Greatest One-hit Wonders."VH1
In 2006, VH1 included the song on its list of "Greatest Songs of the '80s," and later at No. 20 on its list of the "100 Greatest One-hit Wonders."
It peaked at No. 5 on the overall U.S. Singles chart and No. 3 on the Dance chart.
The B-side of the single, "Out of Our Submarines," also charted, peaking at No. 17 on the Singles chart.
The songs also helped push Dolby's debut album, "The Golden Age of the Wireless," to the Top 15 on the Albums chart.
From 1984-88, he received four Grammy Award nominations.
But no other singles nor any of his four subsequent albums charted in the U.S. Top 30. His last disc was 2011's "Map of the Floating City."
In the 1990s, Dolby founded Beatnik, a software company whose technology was used to play internet audio and later cellphone ringtones.
