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Rickey Minor

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  • Composer
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Rickey Minor
Contestants compete for $1 million by selecting songs from a myriad of different genres, decades and artists and singing alongside a karaoke-style video screen where the music stops, the words will disappear and the singer must belt out the correct missing lyric.
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Don't Forget the Lyrics! (2007–2022)
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Rickey Minor is known for Poseidon (2006), Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022) and Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America (2017). He is married to Rachel Montez Minor. He was previously married to Karen Minor.
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    • Won 3 Primetime Emmys
      • 3 wins & 15 nominations total

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    Known for

    Poseidon (2006)
    Poseidon
    5.7
    • Soundtrack
    • 2006
    Naomi Ackie in Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
    Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
    6.6
    • Music Department
    • 2022
    Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America (2017)
    Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America
    8.6
    TV Special
    • Music Department
    • 2017
    Billy Crystal, Queen Latifah, Barry Gibb, Dionne Warwick, and Renée Fleming in The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2023)
    The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
    7.4
    TV Special
    • Music Department
    • 2023

    Credits

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    Music Department

    • I've Got a Secret
      • Theme music: Music theme
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • AFI Life Achievement Award (1973)
      AFI Life Achievement Award
      5.8
      TV Mini Series
      • musical director
      • music director
      • 2022–2026
    • The Actor Awards (2026)
      The Actor Awards
      6.5
      TV Special
      • music director
      • 2026
    • Ziggy Marley, Joe Bonamassa, David Foster, Bill Nye, Josh Groban, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. in We Heart Public Television! (2025)
      We Heart Public Television!
      1.8
      TV Special
      • music director
      • 2025
    • The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards (2025)
      The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
      6.5
      TV Special
      • music director
      • 2025
    • The 47th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2024)
      The 47th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
      7.9
      TV Special
      • music director
      • 2024
    • A Motown Christmas (2024)
      A Motown Christmas
      5.5
      TV Special
      • music director
      • 2024
    • The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards (2024)
      The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards
      6.6
      TV Special
      • music director
      • 2024
    • The Oscars (2024)
      The Oscars
      6.7
      TV Special
      • music director
      • 2024
    • The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards (2024)
      The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards
      6.6
      TV Special
      • music director
      • 2024
    • Billy Crystal, Queen Latifah, Barry Gibb, Dionne Warwick, and Renée Fleming in The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2023)
      The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
      7.4
      TV Special
      • music director
      • orchestration and arrangements by
      • 2023
    • Jimmy Kimmel in The Oscars (2023)
      The Oscars
      6.4
      TV Special
      • music director
      • 2023
    • Byron Allen Presents the Comedy and Music Superfest
      6.0
      TV Special
      • music supervisor
      • 2023
    • The 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2022)
      The 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
      6.9
      TV Special
      • music director
      • orchestration
      • 2022
    • The 24th Annual A Home for the Holidays at the Grove
      TV Special
      • music director
      • 2022
    • Naomi Ackie in Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
      Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
      6.6
      • music consultant
      • 2022

    Producer

    • Next at the Kennedy Center (2022)
      Next at the Kennedy Center
      7.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Byron Allen Presents the Comedy and Music Superfest
      6.0
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon (2022)
      Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
      8.5
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration (2019)
      Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul (2019)
      Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul
      7.3
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, Tori Kelly, Little Big Town, and Andra Day in Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees (2017)
      Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
      7.8
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America (2017)
      Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America
      8.6
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Ray Charles Tribute in Performance at the White House (2016)
      Ray Charles Tribute in Performance at the White House
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Miley Cyrus in VH1 Divas 2012 (2012)
      VH1 Divas 2012
      7.8
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2012
    • 41st NAACP Image Awards (2010)
      41st NAACP Image Awards
      2.9
      TV Special
      • co-producer
      • 2010
    • In Performance at the White House (1998)
      Stevie Wonder: In Performance at the White House - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize
      7.6
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2009
    • The 40th NAACP Image Awards (2009)
      The 40th NAACP Image Awards
      4.8
      TV Special
      • co-producer
      • 2009
    • America United: In Support of Our Troops
      8.8
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2008
    • 37th NAACP Image Awards (2006)
      37th NAACP Image Awards
      3.5
      TV Special
      • co-producer
      • 2006
    • Jamie Foxx: Unpredictable
      6.3
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2006

    Composer

    • 2012 Do Something Awards (2012)
      2012 Do Something Awards
      7.4
      TV Special
      • Composer
      • 2012
    • The 3rd Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute (2009)
      The 3rd Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute
      7.0
      TV Special
      • Composer
      • 2009
    • The 40th NAACP Image Awards (2009)
      The 40th NAACP Image Awards
      4.8
      TV Special
      • Composer
      • 2009
    • The 50th Annual Grammy Awards (2008)
      The 50th Annual Grammy Awards
      6.8
      TV Special
      • Composer
      • 2008
    • The 5th Annual TV Land Awards (2007)
      The 5th Annual TV Land Awards
      6.8
      TV Special
      • Composer
      • 2007
    • Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006)
      Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2006
    • The 3rd Annual TV Land Awards
      6.3
      TV Special
      • Composer
      • 2005
    • Lionel Richie, Ryan Seacrest, Carrie Underwood, and Luke Bryan in American Idol (2002)
      American Idol
      4.3
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2005
    • Cedric the Entertainer Presents (2002)
      Cedric the Entertainer Presents
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2002–2003
    • Whitney Houston: This is My Life
      8.7
      TV Special
      • Composer
      • 1992

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      • Ricky Minor
    • Spouses
        Karen Minor(her death)
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