By Alex Traub Dan McCafferty, who as the frontman of the Scottish rock band Nazareth scored an international hit in the mid-1970s with the ballad “Love Hurts,” died on Tuesday. He was 76.

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 classic rock songs of the 1970s is Nazareth’s “Love Hurts.” ...

McCafferty sang in Nazareth until 2013 when he stopped touring due to health issues affecting his voice. The band was formed by McCafferty and Agnew in 1968 in Dunfermline. They were completed by ...

Dan McCafferty, the original lead singer of Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, has died aged 76, his band has confirmed. “This is the saddest announcement I ever had to make,” band member Pete ...