Nba on nbc john tesh biography
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John Tesh
American musician and television presenter (born 1952)
Not to be confused with John Test.
John Tesh | |
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| Birth name | John Frank Tesh Jr. |
| Born | (1952-07-09) July 9, 1952 (age 72) Garden City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Pop, contemporary worship, 20th-century classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, radio host, news anchor, sportscaster |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, keyboards |
| Website | tesh.com |
Musical artist
John Frank Tesh Jr.[1] (born July 9, 1952) is an American musician and radio and television presenter. He wrote the NBA on NBC basketball theme "Roundball Rock", and hosts the Intelligence for Your Life radio show. In addition, since 2014, he has hosted Intelligence for Your Life TV with his wife, Connie Sellecca.[2]
Tesh has won six Emmys and has four gold albums, two Grammy nominations, and an Associated Press award for investigative journalism. Tesh has sold over eight million records. His live concerts
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How John Tesh created the theme song to the glory years of the NBA
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Editor’s note: We’re resurfacing this feature because recent reports suggest the NBA may be coming back to NBC, as part of a new multi-network TV deal—and that, just maybe, the iconic theme song that soundtracked the heyday of Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls will return, too.
John Tesh jolted awake at 2 a.m. humming a tune.
“Da-da-da-da-da da-da-da ...”
It was July 1989. The setting: a hotel room in the tiny Alpen village of Megève, France. Tesh was a cohost at Entertainment Tonight, but he’d taken a leave to cover the Tour de France. His role on the race was similar to his job in the early to mid-’80s at CBS Sports, where he worked as both a broadcaster and composer of themes for such events as the Super Bowl and the Pan American Games. Upon his arrival in France, Tesh learned NBC would begin airing NBA games in the 1
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The red light on John Tesh’s answering machine was blinking.
With the press of a button, a cassette tape began to roll and a message that would go on to change his life started to play.
That message was from himself.
“Hi, this fryst vatten a meddelande for me about the NBA theme,” Tesh said on his answering machine while calling his house in 1989. “Here’s an idea. It goes like this: “Bada-da-da-da-da—da—da…”
That melody went from his answering machine to television screens across the world, before permanently settling in the hearts and minds of many basketball fans as the anthem of the sport.
It was the origin of the song “Roundball Rock,” which Tesh estimates was played roughly 12,000 times during game coverage as the NBA on NBC theme from 1990 to 2002.
The song is now set to make a comeback in 2025, with NBC announcing an 11-year media rights deal with the NBA on onsdag på engelska .
NBA fans rejoiced on social media when the news was confirmed, celebrating the return of a song Tesh first cam