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Milk and Honey (Israeli group)

Israeli vocal group

Summary

Israeli vocal group

Field	Value
name	Milk and Honey
image	The International Eurovision contest for 1979 was held in Jerusalem (FL45813625).jpg
caption	The group holding their Eurovision trophies
native_name	חלב ודבש
background	group_or_band
native_name_lang	he
origin	Israel
genre	Pop
years_active
current_members	* Reuven Gvirtz
past_members	* Shmulik Bilu

Yehuda Tamir
Leah Lupatin
Gali Atari

Milk and Honey ( Khalav U'Dvash) was an Israeli vocal group. The original line-up consisted of Shmulik Bilu, Reuven Gvirtz, Yehuda Tamir, and Gali Atari. They won the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 for with the song "Hallelujah".

History

The group was assembled in 1978 by producer Shlomo Zach and composer Kobi Oshrat, after both Hakol Over Habibi and Yardena Arazi turned down the opportunity to perform Oshrat's song "Hallelujah" in the for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. Milk and Honey eventually won the national selection, and went on to also win the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. "Hallelujah" peaked in the UK Singles Chart at #5 in April 1979. The group had one other international hit, "Goodbye New York".

Less than a year after the song contest, Atari retired from Milk and Honey and was replaced by Leah Lupatin in 1981. The same year, Atari sued Zach for unpaid royalties; in 1994, an Israeli court ruled in Atari's favour, ordering Zach to pay the royalties. Subsequently, in 2003, Zach and his partners sued Oshrat, alleging that Oshrat should have also contributed to the payments made to Atari, as he was a partner in the group. That lawsuit was settled in 2009 through mediation.

Milk and Honey competed in the national final on two further occasions; they performed the song "Serenada" in 1981, coming fourth, and "Ani Ma'amin" in 1989, where they came eighth. Gvirtz and Tamir accompanied the Israeli song contest act in 1988.

Shmulik Bilu died at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv on 31 December 2023, at the age of 71.

References

Ryan, Kyle. (8 February 2013). "In 1979, an Israeli disco act took the world by storm".
Barak, Itamar. (17 February 2003). "1979 Eurovision winners locked in legal battle".
Rigal, Yavid. (27 March 2019). "40th Anniversary of 'Hallelujah': The Song Which Almost Bankrupted Israel".
Roberts, David. (2006). "[[British Hit Singles & Albums]]". [[Guinness World Records]].
(31 December 2023). "המוזיקאי שמוליק בילו, חבר להקת חלב ודבש, הלך לעולמו בגיל 71". Ynet.

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