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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 performed tenth on the night of the contest, following Germany and preceding France. Continuing "Hallelujah"'s long history of narrow victories, Israel were neck-in-neck with Spain's "Su canción" by Betty Missiego for most of the voting. While initial marks were promising for Israel and less so for Spain (three of the first six juries ...
[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".
The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Jerusalem , Israel , following the country's victory at the 1978 contest with the song " A-Ba-Ni-Bi " by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta .
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.
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 ...
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"Hallelujah" (1979) " A-Ba-Ni-Bi " ( Hebrew script : א-ב-ני-בי ; bet -language language game for the word אני aní , meaning "I" in Hebrew) is a song recorded by Israeli group Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta , with music composed by Nurit Hirsh and Hebrew lyrics written by Ehud Manor .