"Broken Down Angel" is a song and

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by Scottish

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group Nazareth. It was first released in 1973.

Background

The song features

Dan McCafferty William Daniel McCafferty (14 October 1946 – 8 November 2022) was a vocalist and songwriter best known as the lead singer for the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth from its founding in 1968 to his retirement from touring with the band in 2013. ...

on lead vocals, Darrell Sweet on percussion,

Pete Agnew Pete Agnew (born 14 September 1946) is a Scottish bassist and backing vocalist for the hard rock band Nazareth. Born in Dunfermline, he is the sole continuous member who still is performing with the band, which released its first album ''Nazareth' ...

on bass guitar and

Manny Charlton Manuel Charlton (25 July 1941 – 5 July 2022) was a Scottish musician, who was known as a founding member of the influential Scottish hard rock band Nazareth and was their lead guitarist from 1968 to 1990. He also produced a string of succe ...

on electric guitar. They wrote the track collectively. It was taken from their 1973 album ''

Razamanaz ''Razamanaz'' is the third studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in May 1973. It was the band's first LP record to break the charts and was produced by Roger Glover of Deep Purple, who the band was on tour with at th ...

'', and proved to be popular on their tours undertaken in 1973. The same year it was featured on a live album, ''

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''. The song was the first of eleven of Nazareth's singles to appear in the

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. It reached 9 in 1973, staying on the chart for 11 weeks.

Charts

References

{{authority control 1973 songs 1973 singles Nazareth (band) songs Song recordings produced by Roger Glover Mooncrest Records singles Songs written by Dan McCafferty Songs written by Darrell Sweet (musician) Songs written by Manny Charlton