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May 21, 2024 · John Tesh is the author — and owner — of "Roundball Rock," the former NBA on NBC theme song. Around 15 years ago, Tesh told one of his concert audiences the story of how the song came...
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"Roundball Rock" is a musical composition by John Tesh and used for The NBA on NBC from 1990 until 2002. NBC played the theme 12,000 times during their run. Tesh came up with the melody while at a hotel and called his answering machine at home to sing a preliminary version of the melody so he would not forget it.
"Roundball Rock" by John Tesh the theme music for the NBA on NBC TV program from the 1990's and early 2000's
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Jun 5, 2024 · 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.
May 21, 2024 · John Tesh is the genius behind "Roundball Rock," the NBA on NBC theme, and joins us to share the story of writing the song via voicemail, finding the song's Wikipedia page, his work on...
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Oct 26, 2018 · Weeks after the latest parody — taking Kawhi Leonard’s weird laugh and auto-tuning it to Roundball Rock to kick off the NBA season — dropped, For The Win spoke to the music star, radio show host...
Jul 27, 2020 · John Tesh (“Roundball Rock” composer): What’s really funny is that when I wrote the NBA on NBC theme, I’d never been to an NBA basketball game. I probably could name only three or four NBA...
