“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 ...

Gabe Whitney congratulates his 11-year-old daughter, Lyla, after the family played "Dear Abby" by John Prine. "My daughter teases me because there's some artists I go goo-goo about.

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) ...