Gali Atari And Milk & Honey

The 1979 Eurovision Song Contest's winning entry from Israel, Hallelujah, was performed by Gali Atari and Milk & Honey. This band was created especially for the contest after the song's original performers, the band Habibi, declined the opportunity to sing it. In 1978 they offered the song to the Israeli national final but were turned down. In 1979 the song was accepted though Habibi themselves withdrew due to internal conflicts within the band and the Shlomit Aharon's (the lead singer, pictured) accident. Avigail "Gali" Atari (born December 29, 1953, in Rehovot, Israel) is an Israeli actress and singer. Milk and Honey (Hebrew: חלב ודבש Chalav U'Dvash) was an Israeli singing group consisting of Re'uven Gvitrz, Shmulik Bilu and Yehuda Tamir. The group performed with Gali Atari at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, where they won with the song, "Hallelujah". Their track peaked in the UK Singles Chart at #5 in April 1979.[1] They made two further attempts to represent Israel in the contest. In 1981 they sang the song "Serenada" which came fourth in the national final. 1989 saw them slip to eighth place with Ani Ma'amin. On both occasions, the group were joined by the female vocalist Lea Lupatin. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.