John Tesh
Born	July 9, 1952 (1952-07-09) (age 55) Garden City, New York
Genre(s)	New Age Contemporary Christian
Occupation(s)	Composer Recording artist Radio host News anchor Sportscaster
Instrument(s)	Piano Keyboards
Website	Tesh.com

John Frank Tesh (born July 9, 1952) is an American pianist and composer of new age and contemporary Christian music. He is also a nationally syndicated radio host, and has previously served as a sportscaster, news anchor and reporter. Besides the piano, he also plays the keyboard, guitar, saxophone and sings. He is also known by many as the long time host of the television program Entertainment Tonight. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Garden City, New York is a village in central Nassau County, New York in the USA, which was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_York. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... New Age music is a style of music originally associated with some New Age beliefs. ... Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM; also by its religious neutral term inspirational music) is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... Radio broadcasts have been a popular entertainment since the 1910s though popularity has declined some since television became widespread. ... A news anchor (US,Can. ... American Sportscasters A sportscaster, sports announcer, or sports commentator is a type of journalist on radio or television who specializes in reporting or commenting on sports events. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... New Age music is a style of music originally associated with some New Age beliefs. ... Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM; also by its religious neutral term inspirational music) is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. ... Radio broadcasts have been a popular entertainment since the 1910s though popularity has declined some since television became widespread. ... American Sportscasters A sportscaster, sports announcer, or sports commentator is a type of journalist on radio or television who specializes in reporting or commenting on sports events. ... A news anchor (US,Can. ... This article is about journalistic reporters. ... Entertainment Tonight is a daily television entertainment news show that is syndicated by CBS Paramount Domestic Television throughout the United States, Canada, on the Nine Network in Australia and on UBC Inside in Thailand. ...

Early years

He was born in Garden City, New York on Long Island, and graduated from Garden City High School in 1970. Playing piano and trumpet from the age of 6, he studied with teachers from The Juilliard School and was named to the New York State Symphonic Orchestra in high school, while also playing the organ in a rock band.^[1] Tesh studied communications and music at North Carolina State University graduating in 1975. While at NC State, he was initiated into Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. While in the area, Tesh worked as a news anchor at WTVD in Durham, North Carolina. After graduation, Tesh went to Orlando, Florida to take a television position at WFTV. Garden City, New York is a village in central Nassau County, New York in the USA, which was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869. ... This article is about the island in New York State. ... Garden City High School is the public high school in the affluent town of Garden City, New York. ... Trumpeter redirects here. ... The Juilliard School is a performing arts conservatory in New York City, informally but definitively identified as simply Juilliard, and most famous for its musically-trained alumni. ... Organ in Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany The organ is a keyboard instrument played using one or more manuals and a pedalboard. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... North Carolina State University is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lambda Chi Alpha (ΛΧΑ), headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is one of the largest mens general fraternities in North America with more than 250,000 initiated members and chapters at more than 300 universities. ... WTVD, channel 11, is an owned-and-operated station of the Walt Disney Company-owned ABC television network, based in Durham, North Carolina. ... Nickname: Location in North Carolina Coordinates: , Country State Counties Durham, Orange, Wake Government  - Mayor Bill Bell Area  - City  94. ... Nickname: Location in Orange County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State Counties Orange Government  - Mayor Buddy Dyer (D) Area  - City 101 sq mi (261. ... WFTV channel 9 is a television station based in Orlando, Florida, affiliated with the ABC network. ...

Entertainment Tonight and television career

His television career included a stint as a news anchor and reporter at WSM-TV in Nashville, Tennessee in the 1970s, where he often covered the same stories as Oprah Winfrey who worked at a competing Nashville station. He shuffled from Nashville to Raleigh to Orlando and finally to New York's WCBS where, at age 23, he was its youngest reporter.^[1] He later hosted the television show Entertainment Tonight from 1986 to 1996. WSMV-TV Channel 4 is the NBC affiliate serving the Nashville, Tennessee area. ... “Nashville” redirects here. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Oprah Winfrey, (born January 29, 1954) is a multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest rated talk show in television history. ... For other uses of this name, see Raleigh. ... Nickname: Location in Orange County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State Counties Orange Government  - Mayor Buddy Dyer (D) Area  - City 101 sq mi (261. ... WCBS is the callsign of CBSs three flagship broadcast stations in [[New York City|New York] WCBS-AM, 880 kHz WCBS-FM, 101. ... Entertainment Tonight is a daily television entertainment news show that is syndicated by CBS Paramount Domestic Television throughout the United States, Canada, on the Nine Network in Australia and on UBC Inside in Thailand. ...

Tesh also served as a sportscaster for events such as the Tour de France bicycle race from 1983 through 1986 (Tesh has the distinction of being the anchor for the first American broadcast of this event), and gymnastics at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. His best-known connection to sports, however, might be as the writer and composer of Roundball Rock, the theme song for the NBA on NBC in the 1990s. American Sportscasters A sportscaster, sports announcer, or sports commentator is a type of journalist on radio or television who specializes in reporting or commenting on sports events. ... For other uses, see Tour de France (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Bicycle (disambiguation). ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, gracefulness, and kinesthetic awareness, and includes such skills as handsprings, handstands, split leaps, aerials and cartwheels. ... The 92 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... The 1996 Summer h Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... Roundball Rock was NBCs catchy, popular, dramatic, and melodic theme music, for their NBC telecasts. ... The NBA on NBC was a weekly presentation of National Basketball Association games on the National Broadcasting Company television network from 1990 to 2002. ...

Tesh also co-hosted the show John & Leeza with Leeza Gibbons in the 1990s. Leeza Kim Gibbons (born March 26, 1957) is an American talk show host. ...

Musical career

John Tesh always knew he wanted to pursue a music career. In 1987, Yanni was putting together his first touring band to promote his album Out of Silence, as well as selections from Keys to Imagination. Being good friends, Tesh asked Yanni if he could join the band as keyboardist along with Joyce Imbesi and drummer Charlie Adams, as he'd never been onstage for a live performance and needed the experience. Despite already having a full time job with Entertainment Tonight, and the long hours of rehearsal for the band, he did very well, although he did only one tour with Yanni, about 12 shows including the "1988 Concert Series", before being replaced by Bradley Joseph. Later, Yanni helped Tesh get his first recording contract with Private Music. ^[2] Yanni (born Yiannis Chrysomallis, Greek: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης, on November 14, 1954) is a Greek keyboardist and composer. ... Out of Silence, is Yannis third album, released on the Private Music label in 1987, (see 1987 in music). ... Keys to Imagination, is Yannis second album, released on the Private Music label in 1986, (see 1986 in music). ... Giovanna Joyce Imbesi, is an American pianist/keyboardist. ... For the American football player of the same name, please see Charlie Adams. ... Entertainment Tonight is a daily television entertainment news show that is syndicated by CBS Paramount Domestic Television throughout the United States, Canada, on the Nine Network in Australia and on UBC Inside in Thailand. ... Chameleon Days, is Yannis fourth album, released on the Private Music label in 1988, (see 1988 in music). ... Bradley Joseph (born in 1965) is an American composer, pianist, keyboardist, arranger, and recording artist, performing on the international stage for many years with artists such as Yanni and Grammy-winner Sheena Easton, as well as having vast experience with artists from RCA, Epic Records, Warner Bros. ... Private Music is a subsidiary record label of BMG. See also List of record labels Categories: Record labels | Stub ...

After Tesh left his 10-year job as co-host for "Entertainment Tonight" in 1996, he turned his career as a New Age keyboardist. With this move he began pursuing projects that excited him and it led to him starting "The John Tesh Radio Show" in 2003.

In May 2007 Tesh is putting out a CD, "A Passionate Life" which features the most passionate songs written over the past 20 years.

In 2008 his Piano Gospel Dance DVD will be due. It combines Tesh's music, big gospel choirs and hip-hop dance. ^[3]

John Tesh Radio Show

Tesh currently has a nationally-syndicated radio show called the John Tesh Radio Show, which plays "1980s, 1990s, and today's soft rock" music, interspersed with various factoids and other information Tesh considers useful to listeners, often with topics such as health and well-being. These factoids are called "Intelligence for Your Life." It is played on radio stations across the United States and Canada. "This show was created for my wife, (actress Connie Sellecca)," he says. "She's one of those people where, you look at her side of the bed (and see) six issues of Prevention magazine and five months of Oprah magazine . . . (she) never has time to read any of that stuff . . . I feel there's enough entertainment there - nobody needs to know the latest in the trial of Anna Nicole Smith from us, or who the celebrity birthdays are. So I said, ‘Let's just do something that moves people forward in their life, and we'll do the work for them.'" According to Tesh the show now airs on about 250 stations nationwide. The John Tesh Radio Show is a nationally syndicated radio show hosted by John Tesh. ... Mount Isa, Australia, is often incorrectly referred to as the largest city in the world by area Toronto, Canada, was never designated by UNESCO as the worlds most multicultural city Factoid can refer to a spurious (unverified, incorrect, or invented) fact intended to create or prolong public exposure or... Sellecca in Doomsday Rock (1997) Connie Sellecca (born Concetta Sellecchia on May 25, 1955 in The Bronx, New York City) is an Italian American actress. ... For other persons of the same name, see Anna Smith. ...

Personal Life

Tesh, who is a born-again Christian, was first married to Julie Wright in 1982; they divorced in 1991. He is currently married to Connie Sellecca, and they have a daughter, Prima, together. Sellecca in Doomsday Rock (1997) Connie Sellecca (born Concetta Sellecchia on May 25, 1955 in The Bronx, New York City) is an Italian American actress. ...

Tesh is a regular church attender at the Crystal Cathedral in Orange County, California. Crystal Cathedral The Crystal Cathedral is a Christian megachurch in the city of Garden Grove, in Orange County, California. ... Orange County is the name of several counties in the United States of America: Orange County, California: probably named for the city of Orange, California, which in turn may have been named after the orange groves that used to exist there. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

Trivia

• Tesh, who is 6'6" tall, is mocked of his height by comedian, Conan O'Brien, who sometimes makes a frankenstein reference when Tesh appears on his show. In the television series Cavemen, Tesh is claimed to be a secret caveman.

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Discography

• (1988) Tour de France - Private Music
• (1989) Garden City- Cypress
• {1989) You Break It - Atlantic Records
• (1992) A Romantic Christmas - Decca Records
• (1992) Ironman Triathlon - GTSP
• (1992) The Games - GTSP
• (1993) Monterey Nights - Decca Records
• (1994) A Family Christmas - Decca Records
• (1994) Sax by the Fire - Decca Records
• (1994) Winter Song - Decca Records
• (1995) Music in the Key of Love - GTSP
• (1995) Backstage with John Tesh - Digital Entertainment
• (1995) Live at Red Rocks - Decca Records
• (1995) Sax on the Beach - Decca Records
• (1996) Discovery - Decca Records
• (1996) Choirs of Christmas - GTSP
• (1997) Avalon - Decca Records
• (1997) Sax All Night - Decca Records
• (1998) Grand Passion - Decca Records
• (1998) Guitar by the Fire - Decca Records
• (1998) Songs from the Road - BMG Special Products
• (1998) Pure Movies - GTSP
• (1999) One World - Decca Records
• (1999) John Tesh & Friends - Columbia River
• (1999) One Day - Unison
• (2000) Pure Movies, Vol. 2 - Garden City
• (2000) Pure Hymns - Faith M.D.
• (2001) Classical Music for an Intimate Mood - Garden City
• (2001) Pure Orchestra - Garden City
• (2001) Classical Music for a Stress-Free World - Garden City
• (2001) Pure Gospel - Faith M.D.
• (2001) Classical Music for Babies (And Their Moms), Vol. 1 - Garden City
• (2001) Classical Music for Babies (And Their Moms), Vol. 2 - Garden City
• (2001) Classical Music for a Prayerful Mood - Faith M.D.
• (2002) The Power of Love - Garden City Music
• (2002) Christmas Worship - Word Entertainment
• (2002) A Deeper Faith - Garden City
• (2003) Worship Collection: Awesome God - Garden City Music
• (2003) A Deeper Faith, Vol. 2 - Garden City Music
• (2004) Worship at Red Rocks (live) - Garden City Music
• God of Wonders - Word Entertainment
• Anthology
• Drive Time Intelligence CD
• Grand Piano Christmas
• Heart of the Sunrise
• John Tesh - Romantic Christmas Collection
• John Tesh - Ultimate Christmas Collection
• The Power of Prayer and Worship
• Ultimate Love Song Collection
• Victory

• See also: A Thousand Summers (1988)

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Videography

• John Tesh - The Avalon Concert
• John Tesh - Live at Red Rocks
• One World

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Bio at Crossmap.com
2. ^ Yanni; Rensin, David (2002). Yanni in Words. Miramax Books, 123, 202. ISBN 1-4013-5194-8. 
3. ^ John Tesh Finds His Groove. NewsMax.com, March 15, 2007.

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External links

• Official site
• John Tesh at All Music Guide
• John Tesh at All Movie Guide
• John Tesh at the Internet Movie Database