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 most famous ...

Before Nazareth had a hit with their Hair of the Dog title track, the Scottish rockers reached the top 10 internationally with “Love Hurts.” The cover of the Everly Brothers‘ 1960 song, “Love Hurts” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "We all loved the song," bassist Pete Aginew tells Classic Bands. "We recorded 'Love Hurts' as a B-side and that's how we saw it.

Dan McCafferty, who as the frontman of Scottish rock band Nazareth scored an international hit in the mid-1970s with the ballad "Love Hurts," died last Tuesday. He was 76. The band announced his death ...

In 1976, Nazareth had an unexpected hit with the song "Love Hurts." The Scottish hard rock band found mainstream recognition and international success with the cover of the 1960 Everly Brothers' ...

Dan McCafferty, the power-voiced founding frontman of Scottish rock band Nazareth, who sang lead on its Top 10 U.S. hit “Love Hurts,” FM staple “Hair of the Dog” and five Top 15 UK hits, died Tuesday.

Two words say it all: Love hurts. Behind that simple sentiment, a song with that very dual-word title traveled decades, voices, even genres before Nazareth could turn it into a global hit and one of ...

His Scottish band became known for hard-driving stadium rock, but its biggest hit was a cover of a country ballad about heartbreak. By Alex Traub Dan McCafferty, who as the frontman of the Scottish ...