- Roundball Rock
Infobox Single
Name = Roundball Rock
Artist =John Tesh
from Album =
B-side =
Released = 1990
Format =
Recorded = 1990
Genre = New Age
Length = 2:49
Label = GTS Records
Writer = John Tesh
Producer = John Tesh"Roundball Rock" [ [http://www.ilovewavs.com/TV/Sports/TV%20Theme%20-%20NBC,%20NBA%2002.wav TV Theme - NBC, NBA 02.wav] ] [ [http://www.ilovewavs.com/TV/Sports/TV%20Theme%20-%20NBC,%20NBA.wav TV Theme - NBC, NBA.wav] ] is a theme song composed by
John Tesh and used for "The NBA on NBC" from 1990-2002. NBC played the song 12,000 times during their run, and Tesh claims that he made in the six figures from royalities each year it was used. When ABC took over broadcasting rights for theNational Basketball Association , they chose to compose their own theme music instead. [Rovell, Darren. * [http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2002/s/2002/0612/1394112.html "The day Tesh's music might die"] . June 12, 2002. ESPN.com. Accessed January 4, 2008.] NBC used the music forcommercial bumper s during their coverage ofbasketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics . [cite web|url=http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/The-music-of-John-Tesh-is-eternal?urn=oly,99711|title=The music of John Tesh is eternal|last=Chase|first=Chris|publisher=Yahoo|accessdate=2008-08-10] This song was sampled byNelly for his song "Heart of a Champion " from his album, "Sweatsuit".ee also
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NBA_on_NBC#Music
*National_Basketball_Association_music#Roundball_Rock References
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