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 ...

The song was ignored at first, taking years to catch on. Now, it’s one of the most devastating ballads ever recorded and ...

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' ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But “Love Hurts” was never supposed to be a single. The song, which appeared on the U.S. version of the band’s 1975 album Hair of ...