Lani Misalucha
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ProfileBorn into a musical family, with parents who are operatic singers, Lani grew up immersed in song, with siblings who can also sing. Growing up and listening to the radio, she was able to develop her own singing styles.Lani can easily shift from ballad to pop rock, r&b, jazz and even opera. Recording multiplex tapes of the songs of great singers, she can, with alacrity, imitate the voice and style of, among others, Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Minnie Riperton, and even Barbra Streisand. Lani has been in and out of the music scene since the late 1980s-as a vocalist in various bands, as a soloist in the lounge and hotel circuits, as singer for commercial jingles and multiplex tapes. Although she stopped singing professionally for periods of time, she still got opportunities to sing and perform in concerts and TV guestings. In 1996, she recorded an album with the carrier single, "Somebody Warm Like Me," which became an instant hit. Moving to Viva Records in 1999, she did the album "Tunay Na Mahal" with the carrier single of the same title and the hit song "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me". Playing the lead role in S.K. Productions mega-musical play "Rama at Sita", she received accolades for her singing and acting prowess. She started the year 2000 with a new album, entitled "All Heart"-- a collection of love songs led by it's carrier single "One More Time", by Dodjie Simon, the album turned Gold after one week of its released. The album also includes songs written by some of today's most acclaimed contemporary composers, like Vehnee Saturno, Jimmy Borja and Trina Belamide. In the year 2001 Lani became a semi-regular host in the Sunday noontime show SOP, along with other top artists, Ogie Alcasid, Regine Velasquez, Janno Gibbs and Jaya. In 2002, Lani continued to have audiences with her performances in her US Concert Tour and series of concerts at the Onstage in Greenbelt. Lani released her fourth studio album entitled, "Loving You" in June 2003 with the singles, "Tila" and "Malaya Ka Na". In November of that same year, she began hosting her own television show with actor and comedian Michael V., also known as his character Junie Lee, called "Celebrity Turns". Lani is also one of the choices of foreign artists who have come to the Philippines to perform. She was the special guest of music industry icons Kenny Loggins, Brian McKnight, Sergio Mendes & Stephen Bishop. She continues to perform to capacity crowds wherever she goes, may it be hotels, schools and bigger venues, like the Main Theater Cultural Center of the Philippines and the PICC Plenary Hall. She has had good crowd in her concerts in Cebu, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Baguio, Pampanga, Davao and in other major cities in the country. Lani has fans in the United States, too, as she performed in Reno, San Diego, Washington, Las Vegas, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. of San Francisco even made August 17 Lani Misalucha Day to give due recognition to her talent as an artist. Lani has also performed in other countries like Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and the Middle East and has sung for the King of Malaysia, the Sultan of Brunei, President S.R. Nathan of Singapore and Philippine Presidents Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Lani in Las VegasLani now resides in Las Vegas Nevada. She is also currently playing a 5 day show at the Bally's Hotel in Las Vegas with the Filipino-Hawaiian group Society of Seven.Awards and Citations
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