John Tesh

John Frank Tesh Jr. (born July 9, 1952) is an American musician and radio and television presenter. He wrote the NBA on NBC basketball theme "Roundball Rock". He hosts the Intelligence for Your Life radio show and Intelligence for Your Life TV with his wife, Connie Sellecca, since 2014.

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 have raised more than $7 million for PBS. He has co-hosted the television program Entertainment Tonight. He worked as a sports commentator and host for the Olympic Games, Wimbledon, the US Open, the Tour de France, Ironman Triathlon, and as a news anchor and reporter. In 2018, Tesh became part of the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame.

Early life
Tesh was born in Garden City, New York, on Long Island. He is the son of Mildred (Bunny) and John Frank Tesh Sr. He graduated from Garden City High School in 1970. He started playing piano and trumpet at six years old. He was named to the New York State Symphonic Orchestra in high school, while playing the organ in a rock band.Bio at Crossmap.com  Tesh studied communications and music at North Carolina State University.

Tesh started reading the news for Rick Dees at WKIX (AM) Raleigh in 1974. His roommate, Bill Leslie, was an anchor at WRAL-TV and helped him get into the radio and TV field. Tesh worked as a news anchor in Raleigh, Orlando, Nashville, and New York's WCBS-TV for 12 years.

Personal life
Tesh has been married to Connie Sellecca since 1992. They have one daughter called Prima. His wife also has a son with actor Gil Gerard, named Gib, and he is sometimes on Tesh's radio and TV programs. Tesh and Sellecca live in Los Angeles.
In the 1970s, he dated Oprah Winfrey for a short time.

Tesh is a Christian. He was raised a Baptist and was involved in the church as a child. He played organ, sang in the choir, and went to church camp. He has written and performed Christian music.

Discography
Studio albums
 1987: Music from the Tour de France, Vol. I (Tesh Music BMI)
 1988: Tour de France (Private Music)
 1989: Garden City (Cypress)
 1992: A Romantic Christmas (Decca)
 1992: Ironman Triathlon (GTSP)
 1992: Music in the Key of Love (GTSP)
 1992: The Games (GTSP)
 1993: Monterey Nights (GTSP)
 1993: Winter Song (GTSP)  1994: (Decca)
 1994: A Family Christmas (Decca)
 1994: Sax by the Fire (Decca)
 1995: Sax on the Beach (Decca)
 1996: Discovery (Decca)
 1996: Choirs of Christmas (GTSP)
 1997: Avalon (Decca)
 1997: Sax All Night (Decca)
 1998: Grand Passion (GTSP)
 1998: Guitar by the Fire (Decca)
 1998: Songs from the Road (BMG)
 1998: Pure Movies (GTSP)
 1999: One World (GTSP)
 1999: John Tesh & Friends (Columbia River)
 2000: Pure Hymns (Faith MD)
 2000: Pure Movies, Vol. 2 (Garden City)
 2001: Pure Orchestra (Garden City)
 2001: Pure Gospel (Faith MD)
 2001: Classical Music for an Intimate Mood (Garden City)
 2001: Classical Music for a Stress-Free World (Garden City)
 2001: Classical Music for Babies (and Their Moms) Vol. 1 & 2 (Garden City)
 2001: Classical Music for a Prayerful Mood (Garden City & Faith MD)
 2002: Awesome God (Garden City)
 2002: The Power of Love (Garden City)
 2002: Christmas Worship (Word)
 2002: A Deeper Faith (Garden City)
 2002: God of Wonders (Garden City)
 2002: Worship God (Garden City)
 2003: A Deeper Faith, Vol. 2 (Garden City)
 2007: A Passionate Life (Garden City)
 2008: Grand Piano Christmas (Garden City)
 2009: Grand Piano Worship (Garden City)
 2010: Grand Piano Romance (Garden City)
 2011: Big Band Christmas (Garden City)
 2012: Big Band (Garden City)
 2025: Sports (GTS Records)

Live albums
 1995: Live at Red Rocks (Decca)
 2004: Worship at Red Rocks (live) (Garden City)
 2005: Red Rocks Platinum (live) (Garden City)
 2008: Alive: Music & Dance (Garden City)
 2020: Songs and Stories from the Grand Piano (Garden City)

Compilations and collections
 1990: Tour de France – The Early Years (Private Music)
 1993: Monterey Nights (Decca)
 1995: Anthology
 1997: Victory – the sports collection (GTSP)
 1999: Heart of the Sunrise - The Millennium Collection (John Tesh)
 1999: One Day (Unison)
 2000: Pure Hymns (Faith MD)
 2000: Forever More: The Greatest Hits of John Tesh (Decca)
 2003: Worship Collection: Awesome God (Garden City)
 2009: The Best of Christmas
 2009: John Tesh – Greatest Hits – Live in Concert Vol. 1 CD/DVD (Garden City)

 Singles 
 1988: A Thousand Summers (single) 
 1989: You Break It (Atlantic) (single) 

 Other albums 
 1995: Backstage with John Tesh (Digital Entertainment) (an interactive CD-rom) 
 2005: Drive Time Intelligence (26 tracks of Intelligence For Your Life on the go, plus 3 bonus music tracks) 
 2010: God of Wonders (Word)

Videography
 1993: A Romantic Christmas
 1995: Live in Monterey
 1995: Live at Red Rocks
 1997: The Avalon Concert
 2000: One World
 2002: Christmas Worship
 2004: Worship at Red Rocks
 2008: Alive: Music & Dance
 2009: Greatest Hits: Live in Concert, Vol. 1
 2012: Big Band Live
 2020: Songs and Stories from the Grand Piano

References

Other websites


 Official music website

 John Tesh at Allmovie 



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