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John Tesh
Person · male · United States · Garden City · born 1952 · recording since 1988
American musician and television presenter (born 1952)
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1980s
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Debut release: Tour de France
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1990s
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2020s
Biography
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Biography
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 RockRoundball RockSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Roundball Rock2:41" 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.
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 has previously 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 was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame.
Early life
Tesh was born in Garden City, New York, on Long Island, the son of Mildred (Bunny), a nurse, and John Frank Tesh Sr., a textile chemist, both from North Carolina. He graduated from Garden City High School in 1970. Playing piano and trumpet from the age of six, he was named to the New York State Symphonic Orchestra in high school, while also playing the organ in a rock band. Tesh studied communications and music at North Carolina State University, and was expelled from the university in his junior year after he forged a professor's signature on a drop-add form. He was also a "walk on" with the varsity lacrosse and soccer teams.
While at North Carolina State, studying physics and chemistry, he took a TV and radio course. Tesh worked part-time reading the news for Rick Dees at WKIX (AM) Raleigh in 1974. His roommate, Bill Leslie, anchor at WRAL-TV, helped him get into the radio and TV field. While in the area, Tesh worked as a news anchor in Raleigh, Orlando, Nashville, and New York's WCBS-TV; this portion of his career spanned 12 years.
Entertainment Tonight and television career
Tesh's television career included a stint as a news anchor and reporter at WSM-TV (now WSMV-TV) in Nashville, Tennessee, in the 1970s, where he often covered the same stories as Oprah Winfrey, who worked at a competing Nashville station. From Nashville, Tesh moved to WTVD in Durham, North Carolina, then to WFTV in Orlando, and finally to New York's WCBS-TV, where, at age 22, he was the youngest reporter. Tesh was a roving reporter for CBS during the 1978 New York City Marathon, which he ran and completed in 3:51:56. He became better known when he co-hosted the television show Entertainment Tonight from 1986 to 1996.
Tesh was also a sportscaster for CBS and later NBC, anchoring events such as the Tour de France bicycle race from 1983 through 1986 (he anchored the first American broadcast of that event), the US Open, and gymnastics at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.
Tesh hosted the short-lived One on One with John Tesh daytime talk show in 1991–92 on NBC and co-hosted the show John & Leeza from Hollywood with fellow Entertainment Tonight personality Leeza Gibbons from 1993 to 1994, also on NBC daytime. In 2014, he returned to syndicated television in the series Intelligence for Your Life TV, based on his radio show.
Tesh appeared in "The Icarus Factor", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, playing a Klingon warrior. He also appeared as himself in a 1987 episode of the daytime serial Santa Barbara.
Musical career
In 1987, Yanni was assembling 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 had never been onstage for a live performance, and he needed the experience. Despite already having a full-time job with Entertainment Tonight, and the long hours of rehearsal for the band, he performed exceptionally well, although he participated in only one tour with Yanni, playing in approximately twelve shows, including the "1988 Concert Series", before being replaced by Bradley Joseph. Later, Yanni assisted Tesh in signing his first recording contract with Private Music.
In the 1990s, Tesh was credited with the theme music to Bobby's World, hosted by Howie Mandel, and the NBA on NBC theme, known as "Roundball Rock". Tesh composed the NBA on NBC theme after an idea hit him while traveling. In order to recall his idea at a later juncture, Tesh recorded the initial beat vocally on his answering machine, by ringing his home phone and leaving a message for himself. The theme was used for the NBA on NBC before the network stopped carrying NBA games following the 2001–02 season (as well as an electric guitar-driven spinoff that was used on NBC's WNBA telecasts from 1997 to 2002), though NBC would revive the theme for its basketball coverage during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Tesh would later license the song to Fox Sports for its college basketball coverage.
In August 1994, John performed at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, for his first Live at Red Rocks concert. Tesh performed with conductor John Bisharat and the 70-piece Colorado Symphony Orchestra. The concert featured Tesh playing grand piano, Charlie Bisharat playing electric violin, and Everette Harp playing alto saxophone. Also featured were Olympic gold medal-gymnasts Nadia Comaneci (1976) and Bart Conner (1984) performing gymnastic routines specially-choreographed to Tesh's music.
After Tesh left his ten-year job as co-host for Entertainment Tonight in 1996, he turned to his career as a contemporary keyboardist. This led to him starting The John Tesh Radio Show in 2003.
John Tesh Radio Show and spin-offs
Tesh currently has a nationally syndicated radio show called the John Tesh Radio Show, which typically airs on adult contemporary, classic hits, Christian and soft rock radio formats. The music is 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", played on radio stations across the United States and Canada, and the Armed Forces Network. Select pieces of "Intelligence for Your Life" are broken up and distributed in vignette form to other radio stations (including talk radio formats) and for use on morning shows. There is also a three-hour weekend show, "Intelligence for Your Health", launched in 2010, hosted by Connie Sellecca.
Across all of its versions, Tesh's radio programs reach listeners across the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom, placing it on the list of most-listened-to radio programs. Tesh's main rival is Delilah, and these two shows are sometimes aired in the same market on competing stations, or occasionally on the same stations in differing time slots.
The show started as a weekend show in 2000 on Clear Channel's KKDJ-FM/Bakersfield and then a few other stations, expanding to a daily version in 2003. The program was originally syndicated by Westwood One under the name On the Air with John Tesh, albeit with a slightly different format. It is produced by Tesh with a staff of 35 and still distributed by syndicator Westwood One. In September 2016, the partnership with Westwood One was renewed in a new multi-year agreement. At the time, Westwood One indicated that it was airing on 280 radio stations. As of 2022, the programs are distributed through a partnership with Compass Media Networks.
In late 2014, a television version of these factoids, Intelligence for Your Life TV, debuted in syndication to local stations. In April 2016, the TV program was seen on 174 stations. The series also features health segments hosted by his wife, Connie Sellecca, based on her own radio program, "Intelligence for Your Health".
Tesh also authored a book, Intelligence for Your Life: Powerful Lessons for Personal Growth, in 2008, reprinted in 2012 (ISBN 0849964636, publisher Thomas Nelson).
Personal life
Tesh married actress Julie Wright in 1982; the marriage lasted nine years. He has been married to actress Connie Sellecca since 1992; they have one daughter together, Prima. Gib Gerard, Sellecca's son with actor Gil Gerard, now appears on some of Tesh's radio and TV programs. Tesh and Sellecca reside in Los Angeles.
In the 1970s, he also briefly dated Oprah Winfrey.
Tesh was raised a Baptist and was involved in the church during his youth. He played organ, sang in the choir, and went to church camp. He became inactive in the church during his adult life, but became involved again after Sellecca introduced him to Louis Lapides, a Jewish Christian, former pastor, and founder of Beth Ariel Fellowship in Sherman Oaks. Since then, he has written and performed Christian music.
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)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 59 | 95.4th |
| Studio albums | 38 | 98.8th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 39 | 98th |
| Recording span (years) | 37 | 76.5th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (59 release groups · 38 studio albums)
Albums · 38
1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 44:42
1A Thousand Summers5:142That Ole Demon Meanness5:343Bordeaux6:294You Are Here6:175Day One5:156Jazzis5:377Mike Mercurie6:158Olympus 80084:011989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 40:04
1Garden City4:072Shock4:263Elektrik Thom5:004Bastille Day4:125You Break It4:446The Black Hole5:587Waltz for Julie5:228Destination Paris4:429Bastille Day (reprise)1:33Tour De France: The Early Years
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 47:11
1Headclobbers5:402Roubaix6:003On American Shores3:524Dijon Strut4:165Road Made for Animals5:146Noovo Groovo Montage0:457Noovo Groovo5:398The Endless Road5:379Brain Dead Weasel5:1810A Thousand Summers4:501992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 36:31
1PS4915:202Iron Man4:303Monterey Nights6:474One To One2:015The Grip2:196Exit Mulholland3:587Dijon Reprise3:448Group 54:389Wimby Thrills3:141992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 35:20
1Concetta3:032Leave It to Gibber3:413April Song5:334The Games5:155Exit Mulholland3:576Barcelona3:407Bastille Day3:558Wishing for Home3:039Concetta (reprise)3:131992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 57:56
1O Little Town of Bethlehem2:332Gesu Bambino4:233It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:254The First Noel3:175Panis Angelicus3:266O Holy Night4:557Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella3:468O Come, All Ye Faithful3:509Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring5:0310The Coventry Carol2:5711We Three Kings of Orient Are3:3912Silent Night, Holy Night2:5113Gloria in Excelsis Deo2:3914The Homecoming3:4615In a Child's Eyes3:5216The Christmas Song3:341992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 49:19
1April Song5:352Goodnight Moon2:513In a Child's Eyes3:524The Key of Love5:085The Games5:206Monterey Nights5:557Rhapsody in Love6:368The Homecoming3:489Bastille Day3:5610Wishing for Home3:0511Concetta3:131993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 44:03
1Three Generations3:292Cabin on the Lake3:1833 Seabury Road3:154Pineland Farms2:365Angels in the Snow2:406Winter Song2:597Marriage in the Snow3:198The Girls of St. Mary's3:539Dear Unknown4:4710My December Romance4:0211Goodnight Marie3:5412Warm Winter Nights5:511994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 50:30
1Hark the Herald Angels Sing3:292We Wish You a Merry Christmas3:273Good King Wenceslas3:034Little Drummer Boy4:075Joy to the World3:496Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas4:487What Child Is This3:398Good Christian Men Rejoice3:029Carol of the Bells3:3310Song for Prima3:1911O Tannenbaum3:2612God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen3:1013One Final Wish3:0914White Christmas4:291994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 46:31
1O Holy Night5:002Carol of the Bells3:563Away in a Manger3:214Joy to the World3:065It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:576The Little Drummer Boy3:537God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen4:108O Come, All Ye Faithful3:229Carol of the Bells3:4310Do You Hear What I Hear?3:5211Angels We Have Heard on High4:0212Silent Night4:091995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 57:51
1End of the Innocence6:072The Living Years6:073Take a Look at Me Now3:304One More Night5:145Broken Wings5:396Live to Tell4:207Fields of Gold4:028I Will Always Love You3:599Wind Beneath My Wings3:3210Desperado3:4911Tears in Heaven4:5712Don't Give Up6:351995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:03:23
1This Is It4:432I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)4:553In Your Eyes5:514The Way It Is4:265Shower the People5:246September6:227Synchronicity II5:088I'll Be Over You5:309Biggest Part of Me5:3510Message in a Bottle3:5011Piano in the Dark6:1812Can You Feel the Love Tonight5:211996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 54:48
1Love Will Follow5:262Fragile4:383Our Love5:294You Break It4:075Walking in Memphis4:176Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight4:267Lady in Red4:548Ellas Danzan Dolas (They Dance Alone)4:559Kyrie4:0810Discovery4:0511Eleanor Rigby4:0212Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)4:211997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 53:08
1L'Aquila4:272Polar Express4:373Spanish Steps4:274Venezia4:245The Inn on Mt. Ada5:166San Panfilo4:417Avalon5:278Halcyon Days2:449Seven Fourty Seven4:2510Destiny3:4211The View From Here3:0312Avalon Shores2:4913Goodnight Moon3:061998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 48:01
1Halcyon Days3:042A Promise of Love3:563Bastille Day5:224April Song4:185Grand Passion3:176Mother I Miss You3:297Song for Prima3:288In a Child's Eyes4:109The View From Here3:0110Give Me Forever (I Do)3:5011Goodnight Marie3:5012The Homecoming2:5413Dear Unknown3:221998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:04:54
1Because You Loved Me3:182My Heart Will Go On4:423Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire3:384Look What You've Done to Me4:255When I Fall in Love4:246A Whole New World3:307Do You Know Where You're Going To?3:438Can You Feel the Love Tonight3:529I Will Always Love You4:1210Somewhere Out There3:5511Almost Paradise3:3312Everything I Do (I Do It for You)4:1313Tears in Heaven4:1114Up Where We Belong4:1615The Glory of Love5:0216It Must Have Been Love4:001999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 32:54
1Olympus 80084:022Dijon Strut4:143On American Shores3:514A Thousand Summers4:495Day One5:116Road Made For Animals5:147The Endless Road5:331999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 55:03
1Sonata di Roma4:522Canta Domine6:043Emerald Bay5:244Valley of Dreams7:285Flamenco legato4:206Who Am I?4:297Heart of the Sunrise1:148Gloriette2:439Piano in G Major1:2010St. Agnes' Treasure3:5111Forever More (I'll Be the One)3:4812Siberian Allegretto4:2013One World5:102000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 57:42
1You'll Be in My Heart4:182Brian's Song3:023When She Loved Me3:494Against All Odds4:145Endless Love3:346Somewhere in Time5:167Evergreen3:528Summer of '424:279What a Wonderful World4:5710She's Like the Wind4:2011The Crying Game3:2512Take My Breath Away4:3313Iris5:1614Heart of Sunrise2:392000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 51:34
1Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee5:042Holy, Holy, Holy5:263Peace Be with You0:474How Great Thou Art1:155What a Friend We Have in Jesus5:476Spiritual Medley: Somebody’s Knockin’ at Your Door / Let Us Break Bread Together5:477Speak to Me, Lord6:008All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name6:169Great Is Thy Faithfulness5:0510To Be with You1:0711In the Shadow of Your Wings5:0412Glory Medley: Crown Him with Many Crowns / Christ the Lord Is Risen Today / Now Thank We All Our God3:3413Amazing Grace0:222001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 38:13
1Great Is Thy Faithfulness3:132O Sacred Head, Now Wounded3:113Rock of Ages2:354Come by Here [Kum Ba Ya]3:195In That Great Gettin' Up Morning1:346Tell Me the Old, Old Story2:387Marching to Zion2:268I Love to Tell the Story2:199All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name4:0810Amazing Grace3:0811I Shall Not Be Moved3:0912Battle Hymn of the Republic3:2213There Is a Foundation3:112002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:50:36
Disc 11Desert Rose4:072Book of Days4:023This I Promise You4:414Can't Live a Day4:285I Do (Cherish You)3:496Marching Season3:267I Knew I Loved You4:148Angel Eyes3:199Song for Jennifer4:2110Breathe4:3811Havana4:4412Dancin in the Stars5:2813After the Sunrise4:32Disc 21Kiss From a Rose4:252The Mummer's Dance4:303Watermark3:264I Turn to You3:525I Will Be Here4:266Silk Road5:047Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely3:318How Do I Live4:049Longing / Love4:2410Picture This4:4611From This Moment On3:5712Blue4:0613I Will Remember You4:162002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 38:02
1Away in a Manger3:192Angels We Have Heard on High3:393O Holy Night4:344The First Noel2:535The Homecoming2:576Silent Night3:487My Christmas Love3:348We Three Kings3:049What Child Is This3:1210Bring a Torch Jeanette, Isabella3:3911Good King Wenceslas3:23Awesome God: The John Tesh Worship Collection
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 43:54
1Awesome God3:062Here I Am to Worship4:143Jesus, Lover of My Soul4:244Let the River Flow4:295Lord, For Your Glory3:316Did You Feel the Mountain Tremble3:557Praise the King3:368Be Glorified3:499Come, Now is the Time to Worship4:3810Enough4:1611This is Your Gift3:562002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:27
1Awesome God3:032Here I Am to Worship4:113Jesus, Lover of My Soul4:194Let the River Flow4:265Lord, for Your Glory3:296Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble3:527Praise the King3:338Be Glorified3:479Come, Now Is the Time to Worship4:3610Enough4:112002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:07:50
1Open the Eyes of My Heart5:042You’re Worthy of My Praise5:263Message From the Heart0:474God Is My Rock1:155Trading My Sorrows5:476The Heart of Worship5:477Monday’s Mission6:008Better Is One Day6:169I Could Sing of Your Love Forever5:0510Psalm 661:0711Shout to the Lord5:0412Crosstalk3:3413Anjus Wav-Um0:2214Lord Reign in Me4:1315Resurrection1:3616I Am Not Alone4:4617A Deeper Faith5:412002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 46:59
1This Is Your Gift4:052Joy to the World3:303It Wouldn't Be Christmas (Without You)3:594Hungry4:335Hark! The Herald Angels Sing3:336Away in a Manger1:557We Three Kings4:398We Fall Down4:189Coventry Carol2:5910Awesome God3:0911Silent Night2:2312God in the Stairwell2:5213Positano Sunrise1:4814Carol of the Bells (radio remix)3:162003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 49:25
1God of Wonders4:232God Who Gives You Hope0:163Hungry (Live)4:274My Redeemer0:225We Fall Down4:056You Will Know the Truth0:497I Can Only Imagine (Live)4:438My Praise Goes On4:289Bring Me to Life3:5210Then Jesus Said0:1111Joy3:0912Lord Light the Fire3:5513I Am the Vine0:1514Your Love Is Amazing3:3015Your Love Is Better Than Life3:1916I Will Not Forget You3:5317Pour out Your Spirit3:482006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:55
1Manhattan 24,73:512Sax All Night4:233When Will Our Love Find a Way4:314San Panfilo4:415Dana Point4:306Mexico4:057Polar Express4:138Rocket Man5:059Red Rain4:5210Come To My Window4:44Pure Movies 2 (Special Edition)
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:11:44
1You'll Be In My Heart (From "Tarzan")4:182Brian's Song (From "Brian's Song")3:023When She Loved Me (From "Toy Story 2")3:494Against All Odds (From "Against All Odds")4:145Endless Love (From "Endless Love")3:356Somewhere In Time (From "Somewhere In Time")5:167Evergreen (From "a Star is Born")3:528Summer of '42 (From "Summer of '42")4:289What a Wonderful World (From "Sleepless In Seattle")4:5810She's Like the Wind (From "Dirty Dancing")4:2111Crying Game, The (From "the Crying Game")3:2612Take My Breath Away (From "Top Gun")4:3313Iris (From "City of Angels")5:1714Desert Rose4:0815Book of Days4:0316Kiss From a Rose4:2517Alive Overture3:592010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:53:59
Disc 11Why Bother5:012The Basics Of Prayer5:003Pray All The Time4:204Reading Scripture Vs Praying It5:005How We Should Pray5:096Draw Us Closer To God4:597Memorizing Scripture5:048Being Receptive To God4:289Making Time For Prayer5:1710Focus On God5:1711Deeper Our Relationship With God5:5712Other Believers1:47Disc 21Honesty5:202The Wrong Way To Pray5:333Following God Isn't Always An Easy Path5:124Focusing On God's Infinite Love6:145Reconnecting With Each Other Through Prayer5:076Bring Power To Your Family4:467Keeping Prayer Time Brief But Meaningful4:458Encourage Kids' Imaginations Through Prayer5:039Pray Spontaneously With Your Children5:3710Involving Children In Prayer-Time Decisions5:2111Set Aside Longer Times For Prayer3:422010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 42:03
1Great Is Thy Faithfulness3:112O Sacred Head, Now Wounded3:083Rock of Ages2:314Come by Here (Kum Ba Ya)3:165In That Great Gettin' Up Morning1:326Tell Me the Old, Old Story2:357Marching to Zion2:248I Love to Tell the Story2:179All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name4:0510Amazing Grace3:0411I Shall Not Be Moved3:0712Battle Hymn of the Republic3:2013There Is a Fountain3:0714Guide Me, o Thou Great Jehovah4:262010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:08
1God Is Love4:072Who Am I4:253Oh Wondrous Love4:294Healing Grace4:025Greater Love4:306Open the Eyes of My Heart3:427I Will Glory in My Redeemer4:468In That Day4:089Your Hand Upon Me3:4510You Are Holy5:14Classical Music for a Prayerful Mood
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 46:18
1October; Autumn Song5:072Reverie (Dream)1:493Nocturne2:394Prelude, Op. 2 No. 1 in B minor3:105January; By the Hearth5:496May; Bright Nights4:207Intermezzo3:418Serenade1:309Prelude, Op. 24 No. 1 in E major2:3310Etude-Picture, Op. 33 No. 5 in G minor3:2811Musical Moment, Op. 16 No. 5 in D-flat major3:5612Prelude, Op. 40 No. 3 in D minor1:3813Au Convent (At Cloister)6:382011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 53:19
1Let It Snow3:402Silver Bells3:323It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year4:044I'll Be Home for Christmas3:375What Child Is This?4:366Santa Claus Is Coming to Town4:207Jingle Bells3:398Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas4:029Winter Wonderland3:3310Christmas Time Is Here3:4311I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm3:5712It Wouldn't Be Christmas Without You3:3013Sleigh Ride4:4814We Wish You the Merriest2:182012 · studio album
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1Beyond The Sea4:232It Had Better Be Tonight4:383Blue Skies3:354The Way You Look Tonight4:315Sway (Mucho Mambo)4:136Goodnight My Angel (Lullaby)4:237Summer Wind3:128L-O-V-E5:209Barcelona3:4610I've Got The World On A String3:2011Give Me Forever (I Do)3:3112Spanish Steps5:272025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 51:19
1Chasing Gold3:462Overtime4:183Mile 184:254The Dream Mile3:555The Iron War4:176Kona2:407Beast Mode5:188Legendary4:329Adrenaline3:5810Paris 784:5411Battleground5:2112Roundball Rock1:1013Roundball Rock: The Shredded Version2:45— · studio album
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1The Games3:512Wishing for Home3:033Catalina Reprise3:56
Album · 17
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Monterey NightsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:02:491The Key of Love5:06 2April Song5:34 3Goodnight Moon2:51 4The Waltz5:22 5Garden City4:06 6Concetta3:05 7The Games5:19 8In a Child's Eyes3:48 9Monterey Nights5:55 10Rhapsody in Love6:35 11The Endless Road5:39 12Wishing for Home3:06 13Bastille Day3:55 14April Song (reprise)2:28 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 1995 | Live at Red RocksSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 1:33:47Disc 1 1Day One4:49 2Garden City4:07 3Key of Love4:01 4Barcelona5:14 5April Song6:26 6Shock4:55 7Fields of Gold4:10 8A Thousand Summers4:28 9Against All Odds3:10 10Bastille Day4:22 11On American Shores4:12 12Concetta3:04 13In a Child's Eyes3:45 14Group Five3:34 15Road Made for Animals5:12 16Ps4915:35 Disc 21The Games5:26 2The Homecoming3:20 3Exit Mulholland7:24 4Anthem for a New World1:51 5Roundball Rock2:41 6Gridiron Dreams2:01 | Live | 1995 | |
| 1995 | AnthologySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 9 tracks · 38:411Barcelona5:28 2Garden City4:06 3Goodnight Moon2:51 4April Song5:34 5Exit Mulholland3:58 6In a Child's Eyes3:50 7Concetta3:16 8The Homecoming3:47 9Warm Winter Nights5:51 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1996 | Holiday Favorites from John TeshSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 35:581Hark the Herald Angels Sing3:29 2O Little Town of Bethlehem2:33 3It Came Upon a Midnight Clear3:25 4Good King Wenceslas3:02 5The Homecoming3:46 6O Holy Night5:00 7Panis Angelicus3:26 8Song for Prima3:20 9In a Child's Eyes3:51 10Silent Night, Holy Night4:06 | Compilation | 1996 | |
| 1997 | John Tesh: The Best of Red Rocks & AvalonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 45:221Day One4:51 2April Song6:30 3Halcyon Days2:44 4Venezia4:22 5Key of Love4:05 6The Games5:27 7Concetta3:10 8The Inn on Mt Ada5:16 9Polar Express4:36 10Bastille Day4:21 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1997 | A Windham Hill RetrospectiveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 52:521A Thousand Summers4:40 2Dijon Strut4:15 3Headclobbers5:41 4Road Made For Animals5:15 5You Are Here6:16 6Jazzis5:35 7Olympus 80084:02 8The Endless Road5:36 9Mike Mercurie6:16 10Brain Dead West5:16 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 1997 | Victory: The Sports CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 51:581PS 4915:20 2Ironman4:28 3Leave It to Gibber3:41 4Barcelona3:41 5Black Hole5:57 6Group Five4:37 7Spanish Steps5:42 8Roundball Rock2:34 9Gridiron Dreams2:03 10One to One2:01 11Wimby Thrills3:15 12Exit Mulholland3:58 13Destination Paris4:41 | Compilation | 5 August 1997 | |
| 1998 | Guitar by the FireSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 56:391Mercy Streets5:49 2Why Should I Cry for You4:36 3Another Day in Paradise5:27 4Shape of My Heart5:01 5Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman5:04 6Santiago4:56 7The Dream4:29 8Goodnight Moon3:34 9Saint Agnes and the Burning Train3:23 10The Key of Love4:41 11Words Get in the Way3:16 12Spanish Dancer3:07 13Carol of the Bells3:16 | Compilation | 1998 | |
| 1998 | Songs From the RoadSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 7 tracks · 40:171Day One5:16 2Roubaix6:01 3Road Made for Animals5:16 4A Thousand Summers4:41 5Bourdeaux6:31 6Mike Mercurie6:16 7You Are Here6:16 | Compilation | 8 September 1998 | |
| 2000 | Forever More: The Greatest Hits of John TeshSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 54:501Garden City4:06 2Barcelona5:10 3Concetta3:03 4Give Me Forever (I Do)3:50 5One World5:13 6Because You Loved Me3:17 7Grand Passion3:18 8Discovery4:05 9Forever More (I'll Be the One)3:57 10Bastille Day3:54 11Spanish Steps4:27 12One More Night5:12 13The Games5:18 | Compilation | 22 August 2000 | |
| 2001 | Pure OrchestraSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 56:151Book of Days4:03 2After the Sunrise4:32 3Picture This4:46 4Silk Road5:04 5Song for Jennifer4:21 6Marching Season3:29 7Watermark3:28 8Longing / Love4:24 9The Mummers’ Dance4:31 10Dancin’ in the Stars5:29 11Havana4:44 12Angel Eyes3:19 13Blue4:05 | Compilation | 16 January 2001 | |
| 2005 | Red Rocks PlatinumSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 56:29Disc 1 1You Are Good6:57 2Above All4:48 3Breathe6:22 4God Is My Rock1:55 5Trading My Sorrows5:28 6Lord Have Mercy5:05 7Draw Me Close4:44 8Always Forever3:37 9God of Wonders4:31 10Open the Eyes of My Heart4:54 11Voice of One4:29 12Always Forever3:39 Disc 21You’re Worthy of My Praise 2I Can Only Imagine 3Ancient Words 4Full Moon 5Awesome God 6Hungry 7Heart of Worship 8Voice of One (live) 9Rescue 10Forever More (I’ll Be the One) | Live | 2005 | |
| 2007 | A Passionate LifeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 21 tracks · 58:43Disc 1 1Polar Express4:35 2Cante Domine6:04 3Desert Rose4:05 4The Waltz5:19 5Valley of Dreams7:30 6Shape of My Heart5:01 7Sonata di Roma4:53 8Halcyon Days2:42 9The Endless Road5:34 10In Your Eyes5:48 11Bring Me to Life3:52 12The Homecoming3:20 Disc 21One World 2The Spanish Steps 3Valley of Dreams 4Against All Odds 5Cante Domine 6April Song 7Venezia 8Fields of Gold 9Dear Unknown | Compilation | 2007 | |
| 2008 | Alive: Music & DanceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 44:321Alive Overture3:59 2Heart of the Sunrise2:47 3Drum-Line2:57 4Two Worlds4:52 5Beginnings3:01 6Showdown2:55 7Garden City2:53 8Canta Domine4:40 9Breakdown4:36 10Freedom3:19 11Shackles4:25 12Awesome God4:08 | Live | 4 March 2008 | |
| 2008 | The Best of ChristmasSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 39:081We Three Kings3:40 2O Come All Ye Faithful3:52 3Joy To The World3:31 4Silent Night3:27 5The Christmas Song3:35 6Carol of the Bells3:18 7Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas4:49 8O Holy Night2:28 9The Coventry Carol3:01 10O Tannenbaum3:28 11It Wouldn't Be Christmas Without You3:59 | Compilation | 5 October 2008 | |
| 2010 | God of Wonders: The John Tesh Worship CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 39:391We Fall Down4:16 2Hungry4:33 3My Praise Goes On4:33 4Your Love Is Better Than Life3:20 5God Of Wonders4:26 6Lord Light The Fire4:01 7Your Love Is Amazing3:33 8I Will Not Forget You3:58 9Joy3:10 10Pour Out Your Spirit3:49 | Compilation | 22 June 2010 | |
| — | Greatest Hits - Live In Concert Vol. 1Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:10:421Spanish Steps5:42 2Emerald Bay5:22 3Heart Of The Sunrise3:23 4I Can Only Imagine4:42 5Valley Of Dreams7:05 6Europa3:52 7Bastille Day3:20 8Draw Me Close5:05 9Grand Passion3:28 10Siberian Allegretto2:33 11Trading My Sorrows6:32 12Barcelone "1999"7:05 13One World6:59 14Rescue5:34 | Live | — |
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | John Tesh Music SamplerSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 23:251When She Loved Me3:49 2Iris5:17 3One World5:12 4Emerald Bay5:26 5Give Me Forever (I Do)3:41 | 2000 |
Single · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Roundball RockSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:411Roundball Rock2:41 | August 2024 | ||
| 2024 | Roundball Rock: The Shredded VersionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:441Roundball Rock: The Shredded Version2:44 | 9 August 2024 | ||
| 2025 | Roundball Rock (The Club Mix)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:231Roundball Rock (The Club Mix)2:23 | 10 February 2025 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put John Tesh head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 59 | 95.4th |
| Studio albums | 38 | 98.8th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 39 | 98th |
| Recording span (years) | 37 | 76.5th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The John Tesh Project(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · GFDL · retrieved 11 October 2026
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c71ef2f7-da87-4f6c-a670-6b0221b04ff1discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c71ef2f7-da87-4f6c-a670-6b0221b04ff1core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182586genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182586seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Teshbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tesh
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Image: John Tesh - www.TeshMedia.com, www.tesh.com · GFDL · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q3182586 · MusicBrainz: c71ef2f7-da87-4f6c-a670-6b0221b04ff1
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