Billy Guy was born on June 20, 1936, died on November 5, 2002, at the age of 66. June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Biography

Billy Guy is best known as a member of The Coasters, singing lead on such hits as "Searchin'," "Little Egypt," "Run Red Run," "Wait A Minute," among others. Before Guy joined The Coasters, he was part of a comedy singing duo called "Bip and Bop." One single was released on Aladdin Records in 1955 called "Ding Ding Dong" b/w "Du-Wada-Du." Guy also made a number of solo records during the 1960's and 1970's. He did about a dozen or so solo recordings in 1963 for Double-L Records which later show up on collections as by The Coasters, most notably the albums "Hungry" (Joy #189, 1971, released in the UK) and "It Ain't Sanitary" (Trip #8028, 1973). The classic Coasters lineup. ... Aladdin Records was a post-World War II United States record label, headquartered in Hollywood, California. ...

He also produced records for others in the late 60's and early 70's, including "Love Won't Wear Off" (Calla Records) in 1968 by J. R. Bailey and a spoken words album by Universal Messengers called "An Experience In The Blackness Of Sound" (Turbo/All Platinum Records) about 1969. J. R. Bailey was a former member of The Cadillacs and writing partner of Vernon Harrell (who had replaced Billy Guy as a member of The Coasters in the 1960's on stage only). A single released by C. Alexander And The Natural 3 called "Pay Them No Mind" b/w "Somebody Special" was released on Guy's own GuyJim Records. Another single by Guy was released as by The New Way called "Lookin' Like A Nut Nut" b/w "I'm Sorry 'Bout That" on GuyJim Records. The Cadillacs were an American rock-and-roll and doo-wop group from Harlem, New York; active from 1953 to 1962. ... // Vernon Verne Harrell was an R&B singer from New York who released several singles in the 1960s and 1970s. ...

Guy also released a comedy album on Snake Eyes/All Platinum Records in 1972 called "The Tramp Is Funky." And he produced a double-album by Pearl Box Revue called "Call Me Miss-ter" on Snake Eyes/All Platinum Records. These two records are X-rated material. On his single "The Ugly" b/w "Hug One Another" it states that the songs were from the album "A Little Of This, A Little Of That." In 1977, he appeared, along with Grady Chapman and Jerome Evans, on a recording "Paid The Price" by Michelle Phillips (of The Mamas And The Papas) on her album "Victim Of Romance." All Platinum Records was one of the labels which was started by Sylvia Robinson before she started Sugar Hill Records. ... X-rated, X certificate, X classification or similar terms are labels for movies implying strong adult content, typically pornography or violence. ... Michelle Phillips, far right, with her fellow band members when with The Mamas & the Papas in the late 1960s. ...

Discography

Singles

• Ding Ding Dong/Du-Wada-Du (Aladdin #3287) (1955) (as Bip and Bop)
• As Quiet As It’s Kept/Here I Am (ABC Paramount #10320) (1963)
• It Don't Take Much/She’s A Humdinger (ABC Paramount #10397) (1963)
• Whip It On Me, Baby/Women (aka The Prophet) (Double-L #719) (1963)
• Foxy Lady/ (B-Side Unknown) (Chalco) (1960’s)
• I’m Sorry ‘Bout That/Lookin’ Like A Nut Nut (GuyJim #GJ-587) (about 1967) (as The New Way)
• Lookin’ Like A Nut Nut/Here ‘Tis (Sew City #109) (1967) (as Billy Guy & The Odds 'N' Ends)
• If You Want To Get Ahead, Shake A Leg/I’m Sorry About That (Verve #10485) (1967)
• Let Me Go Getto/ (No Side B) (All Platinum #2320) (1970)
• The Ugly/Hug One Another (All Platinum #2323) (1971)
• You Move Me/Take It Easy Greasy (Sal-Wa #1001) (1975) (as Billy Guy and The Coasters)
• Ain’t No Greens In Harlem/Jumbo Bwana (Polydor #2040-273) (1977) (as Billy Guy and The Coasters)

Book references

• The Coasters (by Bill Millar) (Star Books) (1974)
• L. A. R&B Vocal Groups 1945-1965 (by Steve Propes and Galen Gart) (Big Nickel Publications) (2001)

External Links

• The Coasters Web Site
• All Music Guide