Sep 10, 1993

Val Kilmer sings "Heartbreak Hotel" on screen in the debut of "True Romance," a Quentin Tarantino film starring Christian Slater and Brad Pitt. The movie also features The Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace," Burl Ives' "A Little Bitty Tear" and Shelby Lynne

Sep 10, 1993

Vince Gill is among a panel of six judges who choose a stingray-shaped design for Nashville's downtown arena

Sep 10, 1992

Former country artist k.d. lang scores an RIAA-certified gold album for "Ingenue"

Sep 10, 1992

"Who's The Boss?" closes its prime-time run on ABC-TV, eight years after it began. The sitcom's theme song was sung first by "Rhinestone Cowboy" songwriter Larry Weiss, and later by Steve Wariner

Sep 10, 1992

MCA releases George Jones' "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair," with vocal guests Garth Brooks, Travis Tritt, Mark Chesnutt, Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Alan Jackson, T. Graham Brown, Joe Diffie, Vince Gill, Patty Loveless and Pam Tillis

Sep 10, 1991

Warner Bros. releases Dire Straits' album "On Every Street." It contains two Mark Knopfler songs destined to become country hits: "The Bug," for Mary Chapin Carpenter; and "When It Comes To You," for John Anderson

Sep 10, 1991

Billy Ray Cyrus performs in Nashville for the first time, at Willie Nelson's Nite Life

Sep 10, 1991

RCA releases The Judds' "Greatest Hits, Volume 2"

Sep 10, 1990

President George Bush awards a National Medal of Arts to bluesman B.B. King at the White House. Four years later, King is a nominee for a Country Music Association award for his work on the album "Rhythm Country & Blues"

Sep 10, 1990

Capitol releases Billy Dean's debut album, "Young Man"