Loni Rose (born 1971) is a U.S. singer-songwriter from

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she is perhaps best known for her appearances on the soundtracks of over twenty films and television shows, including '' American Pie'', '' Providence'', '' Roswell'', '' Jack & Jill'', MTV's ''

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'', and '' Life Without Dick starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Harry Connick, Jr.''.GarageBand.com : Loni Rose
/ref> She has compiled an arsenal of over 100 songs and 4 independent releases. Her earliest commercial success was in 1993, when her track "Evergreen Christmas" landed on the annual ''Northwest Favorite Christmas in the Northwest'' CD.
Evergreen Christmas has held one of the top 10 slots on Seattle's Warm 106.9 FM's Top 200 Christmas Songs Countdown. In 1999, she won the

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contest in Seattle, appearing on that concert's village stage, where she performed alongside

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and Sheryl Crow. Her popularity further increased when she won Seattle's Battle of the Girlbands in 2003, which was a contest put on by a local mainstream FM radio station, 106.1 KISS FM. Loni ended up opening up for the radio station's Summer Music Festival with artists including

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, and

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/ref> It's this kind of instant appeal that has earned Loni Rose a place onstage with artists like

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Independently released albums

* ''Radio Flyer – EP'' (1995) * ''Naked Soul'' (1997) * ''Starlight – EP'' (1999, 2001, 2005CDbaby.com – Starlight by Loni Rose
) * ''Shine – EP'' (2007) * ''The Shine Sessions'' (2008)

References

External links

Official website
1970s births Musicians from Seattle Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth uncertain Singer-songwriters from Washington (state) 21st-century American singers {{Washington-musician-stub