Events in Music on December 30

1877 Johannes Brahms' 2nd Symphony in D, premieres in Vienna

1884 Anton Bruckner's 7th Symphony in E, premieres in Leipzig

1929 Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up & Dream" premieres in NYC

1954 Harold Arlen and Truman Capote's musical "House of Flowers" premieres at Alvin Theater in NYC

1961 Premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's 4th Symphony in Moscow (completed 1936)

1968 Frank Sinatra first records "My Way" with lyrics were written by Paul Anka and based on the French song "Comme d'habitude"

1981 "That Girl" single released by Stevie Wonder (Billboard Song of the Year 1982)

2016 British singer-songwriter Ray Davies, of The Kinks, is awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II