Later in 1979, Sony and Philips set up a joint task force of engineers to design a new digital audio disc.

* 1979 – Sony introduces the Walkman.

In 1979, Sony began selling the popular Walkman in Japan, and in 1980 started legal talks with Pavel regarding a royalty fee.

Every five years since the Walkman personal stereo was born in 1979 until 1999, Sony would celebrate by coming out with an anniversary cassette model on July 1.

A major boost to the cassette's popularity came with the release of the Sony Walkman " personal " cassette player in 1979, designed specifically as a headphone-only ultra-compact " wearable " music source.

Sony introduced the smaller, and now widely used, 3. 5mm " minijack " stereo connector in 1979, adapting the older monophonic 3. 5mm connector for use with its Walkman portable stereo tape player.

Two " complete " recordings of the opera have been made: the first in 1978, released on the Tomato label ( TOM-4-2901 ) in 1979, and later on CBS Masterworks followed by Sony Classical ; the second in 1993, released that same year on the Nonesuch label.

* Bellini ; Norma ; Levine ; Sony 1979

* Puccini: Le Villi ( Scotto, Domingo, Nucci ; Maazel, 1979 ) CBS / Sony

Sony began selling the very similar Walkman personal stereo in 1979.

The first truly personal cassette player, the Sony Walkman, was introduced in 1979 and sold very well.

* Dance Fever ( 1979 – 1987 ) ( with Merv Griffin Enterprises, now distributed by Sony Pictures Television, currently owned by Merv Griffin Entertainment )

In 1974, the Mala catalog ( and the rest of Bell Records ) became part of Arista Records, which was purchased by BMG in 1979, and is now owned by Sony Music.

His 1979 work Lament For The Lost Pubs Of Burslem was awarded the Sony / Pye Award for the best radio monologue of 1979.

Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd. ( ソニー生命保険株式会社 ; Sony Seimei Hoken Kabushiki Gaisha ) is a Japanese insurance company, founded in 1979 and headquartered in Tokyo.

Sony Prudential Life Insurance Co., Ltd. ( Sony Prudential Life ) was established in August 1979 as a joint venture between Sony and Prudential Financial.

In 1979, Philips and Sony decided to join forces, and Immink took part in the joint Sony / Philips task force, which developed the Compact Disc standard, the Red Book.

In 1979, Sony had introduced the Walkman in Japan.

The TV series ' exteriors were shot on the ranch beginning with the first full-length season ( 1978 – 1979 ) of Dallas, and shot there until 1989 when the series ' production shifted entirely to Lorimar Studios ( now Sony Pictures Studios ) in California.

The original series was the recipient of a number of awards including the Imperial Tobacco Award ( 1978 ), The Sony Award ( 1979 ), The Society of Authors / Pye Awards ' Best Programme for Young People ' ( 1980 ) and the Mark Time Awards ' Grand Master Award ' ( Adams ) and ' Hall of Fame ' ( 1998 ).

After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the new Islamic government of Iran began an international campaign of assassination that lasted into the 1990s.

Stroustrup began developing C ++ in 1979 ( then called " C with Classes "), and, in his own words, " invented C ++, wrote its early definitions, and produced its first implementation ... chose and formulated the design criteria for C ++, designed all its major facilities, and was responsible for the processing of extension proposals in the C ++ standards committee.

So began her 40 years of research on Peirce the mathematician and scientist, culminating in Eisele ( 1976, 1979, 1985 ).

In 1980 and again in 1981, Gaynor released two disco albums which were virtually ignored in the United States due to the backlash against disco, which began late in 1979.

GMUSL began operations in that building on July 1, 1979 and received provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association in 1980.

In 1979, Citybus began its operation in Hong Kong with one double-decker, providing shuttle service for the Hong Kong dockyard.

The war began when Iraq invaded Iran, launching a simultaneous invasion by air and land 22 September 1980 following a long history of border disputes, and fuelled by fears of Shia Islam insurgency among Iraq's long-suppressed Shia majority influenced by the Iranian Revolution in 1979.

The French automaker Renault began investing in AMC in 1979.

In 1979, while still owned by American Motors, AM General began the first steps toward designing the Humvee.

He quit DEC in 1979 and began writing full-time, moving to Orlando, Florida, for a year where he met his third wife Jackie.

Starting in 1979 with a 7-percent financial stake, Ford began a partnership with Mazda resulting in various joint projects.

In September 1979, Raskin began looking for an engineer who could put together a prototype.

In 1979, the Giants began the steps that would, in time, return them to the pinnacle of the NFL.

Initially equipped with ex-RAF Hawker Hunters, the air force soon began expansion with six Dassault / Dornier Alpha Jets in 1979.

In 1979 refurbishment began on Oakley Court and the building is now a luxury hotel.

In 1979, Kamal began a campaign against Soviet forces and the Soviet-supported government of Afghanistan.

The main development overseen by the Jenkins Commission was the development of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union from 1977, which began in 1979 as the European Monetary System, a forerunner of the Single Currency or Euro.

Grundy's Prisoner began screening in the United States in 1979 and achieved high ratings in many regions there, however only the first three years of the series would be screened in that country.

With the development of a more conservative Black middle class, however, the party began to steadily lose support, until it collapsed after a rout in the 1979 elections.

In 1979 and 1980, former Somoza supporters and ex-members of Somoza's National Guard formed irregular military forces, while the original core of the FSLN began to splinter.

In 1979, construction on the Eric Williams Plaza began.

Following the ' You Got My Number tour ' of October 1979, the Undertones began recording the songs for their second album at Wisseloord Studios in the Netherlands.

After moving to London, Vangelis signed with RCA Records, set up his own studio, Nemo Studios, and began recording a string of electronic albums, such as Heaven and Hell ( 1975 ), Albedo 0. 39 ( 1976 ), Spiral ( 1977 ), Beaubourg ( 1978 ), and China ( 1979 ).

MicroPro began selling the product, now renamed WordStar, in June 1979.