For nearly a half-century, John Prine's catalog made a marked impact on the Billboard 200, where the singer-songwriter, who died Tuesday (April 7) at age 73, first charted in 1972.
That's when his debut self-titled album, released a year earlier, bowed at No. 156, on the chart dated Feb. 26, 1972. A week later, the LP, which features such Prine classics as "Angel From Montgomery" and "Sam Stone," peaked two spots higher, at No.
154. Still, the seeds were sown for Prine's lengthy history on the Billboard 200, one that includes 15 entries, nearly half of which charted in the '70s.
Prine was nominated for best new artist at the 1973 Grammy Awards, and Common Sense became his first full-length to peak within the Billboard 200's upper half,