"Flight 309 to Tennessee" is a song written by Ronnie Scott, and made famous by American

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. It originally charted at #36 in 1974 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart for Vicki Britton, a Dallas-based singer/songwriter on

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. Shelly's cover was released in July 1983 as the second single from the album ''West by West''. The song reached #4 on the ''

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Chart performance

Other versions

* Beverly Bremers released a version of the song as a single in November 1976.Beverly Bremers, "FLight 309 to Tennessee" single release
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References

1976 songs 1976 singles 1983 singles Shelly West songs Beverly Bremers songs Song recordings produced by Snuff Garrett Columbia Records singles Songs written by Ronnie Scott (songwriter) {{1983-country-song-stub