“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 ...

Listen to an exclusive John Prine concert from Amazingrace in 1973 while you read the list. 50. “Only Love” (Aimless Love, 1984) ... 43. “Dear Abby” (Sweet Revenge, 1973) ...

Remembering John Prine, One Year On: His Wife and Son Talk About a Tough Anniversary and a Still Expanding Legacy ... “Sam Stone,” same thing. Even “Dear Abby. ...