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 help this group...well, it wouldn't be a group for starters. They keep me sane and generally massage my ego just enough to keep me buoyed without adding too much to the 'ego mountain that is Robert'. It's a bit like the old it's-my-ball-and-I-say-when-you-can-play-with-it syndrome, but as I happen to be the one lucky enough to have a studio at home then most of the recording/rehearsing activities of The Milk & Honey Band happen here." Attempts to sign the band to major labels proved unsuccessful due to the latter's insistence on attempting to reshape and direct the band (on one occasion,