Songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller praised his "marvelous sense of comedy and timing.

"[1] Before Guy joined The Coasters in 1955,[2] he was part of a comedy singing duo called "Bip and Bop".

Guy released a comedy album on Snake Eyes/All Platinum Records in 1972 called "The Tramp Is Funky".

In 1977, he appeared, along with Grady Chapman and Jerome Evans, on a recording "Paid The Price" by Michelle Phillips on her album "Victim Of Romance".

[citation needed] Billy Guy died on November 5, 2002, in Clark County, Nevada, of cardiovascular disease.