Gali Atari
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| Native name | גלי עטרי |
| Born |
Avigail Atari December 29, 1953 Rehovot, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | singer, Actress |
Avigail "Gali" Atari (Hebrew: גלי עטרי, born December 29, 1953) is an Israeli singer and actress. She is the sister of Yona Atari, a singer and actress, and the late Shosh Atari, a radio host and TV personality. Her parents immigrated to Israel from Yemen. Her father died when she was four years old, and, after his death, her family moved to live in Tel-Aviv. Atari has won the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 which held in Jerusalem, Israel, with Milk and Honey. Atari is one of the most favorable singers in Israel.
Atari was introduced to the Israeli musician David Kribushe when she was 15 years old. After an audition for him, he gave her a featured singing part in one of his songs “Half and Half”. In 1970, when she was 17 years old, she recorded two songs. The first song was in English, and it was called “Give Love Away”. The second song was a Hebrew song called “Im yesh lecha shemesh” (If You Have the Sun). The song became a big hit in Israel, and Atari represented Israel at the World Popular Song Festival in Japan. Atari participated in the contest again in 1976, this time with the song "The Same Old Game".
During the 1970s, Atari’s career was progressing slowly. She recorded the song “sal eretz hachalom” (About the Land of Dream), which did not get much attention, and in 1975 she participated in the Hassidic Song Festival with the song “Leyerushalyim Yirech” (To your city of Jerusalem) and won second place. In 1978, Atari performed the song "Nesich hachlomot" (Dream Prince), along with musicians Zvi Bums and Udi Spielman, at the Festival Hazemer Ha'ivri - the Israeli qualification heat for the Eurovision Song Contest. She placed third at the festival and released a successful album by the same name as her third place song. Atari, undeterred by not winning the qualification heat for the Eurovision, entered again in 1979, this time as female vocalist with the Milk and Honey. They won, and their song, “Hallelujah”, represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest Song Contest staged in Jerusalem on March 31. The song was voted the winner and was a success on the European charts.
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