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"Tennessee" by Vivian Rorie is one of several official state songs of the U.S. state of Tennessee, adopted in 1992. [1] [2]
Some U.S. states have more than one official state song, and may refer to some of their official songs by other names; for example, Arkansas officially has two state songs, plus a state anthem and a state historical song. Tennessee has the most state songs, with 12 official state songs and an official bicentennial rap.
"Flight 309 to Tennessee" is a song written by Ronnie Scott, and made famous by American country music artist Shelly West. It originally charted at #36 in 1974 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart for Vicki Britton, a Dallas-based singer/songwriter on Bell Records . [ 1 ]
The state has deep whiskey roots, which helped Wallen nab his second No. 1 on the Billboard country charts. The song is about turning to whiskey to get over a bad breakup.
Smith, an instructor at the Cadek Conservatory of Music in Chattanooga, Tennessee, supplied the music, and the combined effort was entered into a contest soliciting a patriotic state song for Tennessee. The song won, and as a result, it was adopted by the Tennessee State Legislature in 1925. [1] The Nashville Children's Choir singing "My ...
This song became popular among Confederate soldiers in the Texas Brigade; upon taking command of the Army of Tennessee in July 1864, General John Bell Hood introduced it as a marching song. [9] The final verse and chorus were slightly altered by the remains of Hood's force after their crushing defeat at the Battle of Nashville that December:
On April 16, Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill designating Kaylor's song, "Tennessee, In My Dreams" as the newest official state song, joining other beloved state songs such as "The Tennessee Waltz" and ...
The song has sold 1.1 million digital copies in the United States as of September 2017. [5] [6] On April 20, 2023, the Tennessee General Assembly passed an act recognizing the song as the 11th official state song of the state of Tennessee. [1]