Nazareth’s “Love Hurts” was a cover of a song in a different genre. A member of Nazareth said his band’s “Love Hurts” was the first rock ballad. That claim makes no sense. One of the ...

Dan McCafferty, the longtime lead singer of the Scottish rock band Nazareth whose searing vocals propelled a cover of the ballad "Love Hurts" into a 1970s hit, has died, his longtime bandmate ...

Nazareth took notice of the song thanks to a more soulful 1974 cover by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. “We recorded it and thought it was great, forgot about it and moved on to do the rest of ...

Nazareth formed in 1968, but the core members - McCafferty, Agnew, Manny Charlton (guitar) and Darrell Sweet (drums) - all cut their teeth in a covers band called The Shadettes, who dressed in ...