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On 31 March 1979, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem hosted by IBA and broadcast live throughout the continent. Milk and Honey performed "Hallelujah" tenth on the night –entering the stage one by one rather than all together–, following West Germany's "Dschinghis Khan" by Dschinghis Khan and preceding France's "Je suis l'enfant soleil ...
Israel was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with the song "Hallelujah" (הללויה), composed by Kobi Oshrat, with lyrics by Shimrit Orr , and performed by Milk and Honey (made up of Gali Atari, Shmulik Bilu, Reuven Gvritz, and Yehuda Tamir).
[2] [3] Milk and Honey eventually won the national selection, and went on to also win the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. [3] " Hallelujah" peaked in the UK Singles Chart at #5 in April 1979. [ 4 ] The group had one other international hit, "Goodbye New York".
International Convention Center, Jerusalem – host venue of the 1979 contest. The contest took place at the International Convention Centre, also called Binyenei HaUma in Jerusalem, following Israel's win at the 1978 edition with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by Izhar Cohen and Alphabeta. The venue, the largest convention center in the ...
Israel then achieved victories in 1978 and 1979, with "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, and "Hallelujah" by Milk and Honey. In 1980 , the Israeli broadcaster declined to host the contest for a second successive year for financial reasons, and as the date for the contest in the Hague conflicted with Yom HaZikaron – Israeli ...
The winning song is "Hallelujah" sung by the group Milk and ... April 1979: n/a: 5: 1 (Finland, Ireland, Israel, Norway, Sweden) ... The Album version charted in the ...
She is still listened to in Israel and her songs are occasionally featured on radio shows and podcasts. [1] In 2024, her second album, her translations in Hebrew of Carole King songs was released on Spotify. In Haaretz, the music journalist, Shira Naot wrote: "The album is exciting, distilling the soul poetry that Dagan brought to Israel." Naot ...
Oshrat achieved international fame when his composition, Hallelujah, sung by the Israeli group Milk and Honey, won the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest. Oshrat has written more than 1000 songs, but Hallelujah is his most famous, with 400 cover versions of it around the world. [1] Oshrat also composed and conducted the 1985 and 1992 Israeli entries.