21 Facts About Gali Atari

Gali Atari was born as Abigail Gali Atari in Rehovot, Israel, to Jewish parents who immigrated to Israel from Yemen.

Gali Atari is the sister of Yona Atari, a singer and actress, and Shosh Atari, a radio host and TV personality.

Gali Atari's father died when she was four years old, and, after his death, her family moved to live in Tel-Aviv.

Gali Atari was introduced to the Israeli musician David Kribushe when she was 15 years old.

The song became a big hit in Israel, and Gali Atari represented Israel at the World Popular Song Festival in Japan.

Gali Atari participated in the contest again in 1976, this time with the song "The Same Old Game".

In 1978, Gali Atari performed the song "Nesich hachlomot", along with musicians Zvi Bums and Udi Spielman, at the Festival Hazemer Ha'ivri - the Israeli qualification heat for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Gali Atari placed third at the festival and released a successful album by the same name as her third place song.

Gali 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.

In 1980, after a year of working together, Gali Atari retired from Milk and Honey as a result of a lawsuit she filed against her manager, Shlomo Tasch.

Gali Atari claimed in court that she was not paid for about sixty performances on TV and in Europe and that once she left Milk and Honey a new vocalist was introduced and released an album with songs she recorded under the new vocalist's name.

The trial dragged on for 14 years and concluded with a win for Gali Atari, who was awarded 800,000 Shekels.

In 1981 Gali Atari, working with the producer Yeroslav Yahakivovitch, recorded a rock album titled Kach Oti Habayta.

In 1986 Gali Atari released her fourth album Emtza September.

The album quickly became her most successful album up to that point, selling over 30,000 copies and prompting Gali Atari to go on a successful concert tour as a soloist for the first time in her career.

Gali Atari's success continued through the 80s as the singer released two more albums, Tza'ad Echad Lifnei Hanahar, which sold over 80,000 copies in 1988 and Bereshit, which sold 15,000 copies in 1989.

In 1991 Gali Atari released her first greatest hits album, titled Rak Etmol.

In 1992 the album Bayom Sheachrei was released, and Gali Atari was named the Singer of the Year by the Israeli radio station Reshet Gimel.

Gali Atari was involved in the 7th video of the series which was revolving Passover and Shavuot and she joined in with all of the festival songs.

In 2003 Gali Atari released her album Chabeck Oti Leat.

In 2011, Gali Atari released a few singles on the radio from an album in the works with the musician Amir Benayun.