Guy released a few solo records on Turner's labels before forming the Sharpees with Benny Sharp in the mid 1960s.
Inspired by singer Frankie Lymon, Guy began singing secular music and the group was renamed the Cool Sounds.
They won Dave Dixon's "Shower of Stars," sponsored by KATZ at Kiel Auditorium.
They had gigs at the Manhattan Club, the Riviera, the Dynaflow and the Red Top with the bands of musicians Albert King, Little Milton, and Oliver Sain.
[2] In 1961, Guy's saw his friend, Stacy Johnson, singing with Benny Sharp and the Zorros of Rhythm at the Club Caravan (formerly Early Bird Lounge).
He was getting fed up with doing roadie work, and while in Fort Smith, Arkansas for a gig he discovered that he was owed royalties.
[2] They signed to George Leaner's One-derful Records based in Chicago and released their first single, "Do the 45," which was a modest hit in 1965.