“Dear Abby,” aka Pauline Phillips, the celebrated advice columnist who died this week at age 94, already had been an American institution for decades when folk singer-songwriter John Prine ...

Charting five decades of work, from "Sam Stone" to "When I Get to Heaven," here are our picks for the 50 greatest John Prine songs. Skip to the content. ... “Dear Abby” (Sweet Revenge, 1973) ...