Hallelujah (Gali Atari and Milk & Honey song) Hallelujah (Gali Atari and Milk & Honey song) "Hallelujah" (Hebrew script: ) was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in Hebrew by Gali Atari and Milk & Honey for Israel. The group was formed for the purpose of performing in the contest when the song's original performers, the band Hakol Over Habibi (similarly made up of a female lead vocalist and three male backing vocalists), declined the opportunity to sing it. This was the fourth occasion on which the host country had won the contest (Switzerland, Spain and Luxembourg had achieved the feat before this) and
The Milk and Honey Band Honey Band songs for future release. In 1996, he presented Rough Trade with material for a new album but found that the label was unable to release it. Opting to put together a full band, White recruited Richard Yale (bass, acoustic guitar, keyboards and backing vocals) and his former Zag And The Coloured Beads bandmate Michael Tubb (electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards and backing vocals). Both Tubb and Yale have stayed with The Milk and Honey Band ever since. Regarding the band’s working arrangements, White has commented "I do write the majority of the tunes, but without Richard and Michael's