Dear Prudence: The Story Behind the Song

"The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful, and so are you..."

Those simple lines from the Beatles' ballad, "Dear Prudence," are easily recognizable by anyone who lived through the 1960s, as well as by the millions of people who continue to enjoy the Beatles' music today.

But who was Prudence? Did she ever come out into the sunshine and greet the new day, as John Lennon beseeched her to do? What's the real story behind the song?

Prudence Farrow Bruns, a daughter of the prominent Farrow fa...