This Day in Music - 2nd July 1979, Sony introduced the Walkman, the first portable audio cassette player. Over the next 30 years they sold over 385 million Walkmans in cassette, CD,
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Smithsonian on X: "We don't mean to ruin your Monday but this turns 40 today. In 1979, the Sony Walkman TPS-L2—the world's first portable music player—went on sale. This one is in
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Sony Walkman at 40: fans nostalgic for first portable music player, and the soundtrack to their youth | South China Morning Post
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