Happy Birthday, Sony Walkman, July 1, 1979–October 25, 2010. Forty-one years ago today music consumers acquired the ability to create their own private portable playlists. Cornell Library Rare and Manuscript Division. Archives
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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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FEATURE: Forty Years of the Sony Walkman: 1st July, 1979: An Historic and Iconic Day for Music — Music Musings & Such
![Smithsonian Collections Object: The Sony TPS-L2 “Walkman” Cassette Player, National Museum of American History | Bibliolore Smithsonian Collections Object: The Sony TPS-L2 “Walkman” Cassette Player, National Museum of American History | Bibliolore](https://bibliolore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Walkman.jpg)
Smithsonian Collections Object: The Sony TPS-L2 “Walkman” Cassette Player, National Museum of American History | Bibliolore
![Smithsonian on X: "Uh, can someone show us how to find our Wrapped playlist on this? The Sony Walkman TPS-L2—the world's first portable music player—went on sale in 1979. This early model Smithsonian on X: "Uh, can someone show us how to find our Wrapped playlist on this? The Sony Walkman TPS-L2—the world's first portable music player—went on sale in 1979. This early model](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFnGhpOXEAIfeyI.jpg)