Izhar Cohen (born 1951 in Giv'ataim, Israel) is an Israeli singer. 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...
Representing Israel, he won the 1978Eurovision Song Contest with the group Alphabeta performing "A-ba-ni-bi" with music by Nurit Hirsch and words by Ehud Manor. The title of the song is the Hebrew word "ani" (first person singular pronoun) expressed in the popular children's code "B-language". 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Ehud Manor (July 13, 1941 â April 12, 2005) was an Israeli songwriter, poet, translator and radio and TV personality. ... The Modern Hebrew language is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. ...
Cohen later represented Israel again (this time with an unnamed group of backing singers) at the 1985 contest performing "Ole ole" (music - Kobi Oshrat, words - Hamutal Ben-Ze'ev) where he finished 5th. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
IzharCohen didn't give up even though he lost in that "Kdam" (7th place) and he came back successfully in 1985 when he won the "Kdam" with the song "Ole Ole" (Going Up) which gave him a respectable 5th place in the Eurovision Song Contest, held that year in Sweden.
The Cohen brothers co-operated again in the 1989 "Kdam" when Izhar wrote the song "Shvil Hazahav" (The Goldan Lane) for his sister Vardina.
Izhar came back again in the 1996 "Kdam" with the song "Alpaim" (Two Thousand) that climbed only to the 9th position.
IzharCohen (born 1951 in Giv'ataim, Israel) is an Israeli singer and actor.
Cohen later represented Israel again (this time with an unnamed group of backing singers) at the 1985 contest performing "Ole ole" (music - Kobi Oshrat, words - Hamutal Ben-Ze'ev) where he finished 5th.