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Dunfermline, United Kingdom (1968 – present)

Nazareth is a British rock band that had several hard rock hits in the mid 1970s, including the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant penned ballad, “Love Hurts”.

Nazareth was formed in December 1968 in Dunfermline, Scotland, out of the ashes of semi-professional local group The Shadettes (formed in 1961) by vocalist Dan McCafferty, guitarist Manny Charlton (ex Mark V and The Red Hawks), bassist Pete Agnew, and drummer Darrell Sweet. They took their name from the first line of The Band’s classic song “The Weight” (“I pulled into Nazareth / Was feelin’ about half past dead…”)

The band moved to London, England in 1970, and released their self-titled debut album in 1971. After getting some attention with their second album Exercises, released in 1972, Nazareth supported Deep Purple on tour, and issued the Roger Glover produced, Razamanaz, in early 1973. This collection spawned two UK Top Ten hits, “Broken Down Angel” and “Bad Bad Boy”. This was followed by Loud ‘N’ Proud in late 1973, which contained another hit single with a hard-rocking cover of Joni Mitchell’s song “This Flight Tonight”. Then came another album Rampant, in 1974, that was equally successful although its only single, “Shanghai’ed in Shanghai”, narrowly missed the British Top 40. A non-album song, again a cover version, this time of Tomorrow’s “My White Bicycle”, was a UK Top 20 entry in 1975.

Hair of the Dog was released in April 1975. The title track of that album (popularly, though incorrectly, known as “Son Of A Bitch” due to its chorus lyrics) became a staple of 1970s rock radio.

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2		Hair Of The Dog			1,298
3		This Flight Tonight			330
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4		Razamanaz			324
6		Broken Down Angel			179
7		Miss Misery			163
8		Bad Bad Boy			159
9		Woke Up This Morning			157
10		Star			127
11		Expect No Mercy			122
12		Shanghai'd In Shanghai			120
13		Where Are You Now			116
14		Holy Roller			110
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