Career
She is the cousin of former En Vogue singer Maxine Jones. The former became Sybil"s biggest hit in the United States of America, peaking at #20, and was a #1 hit in New Zealand. "Walk On By" is still, to date, the highest charting position for this Burt Bacharach/Hal David classic in the United Kingdom, peaking at #6, closely followed by Gabrielle (#7).
Sybil"s second self-titled album became her biggest-selling album in the United States of America. She signed with PWL Records for the United Kingdom market for this album, a label she would be signed to until 1998.
Sybil"s third album, Sybilization was released in the fall of 1990, but went largely unnoticed. That same year, Sybil released two different albums: Doin" lieutenant Now! in North America and Good "North" Ready in Europe.
While sharing four songs on their tracklisting, Doin" lieutenant Now! has a more Rhythm & Blues/Soul sound, while Good North" Ready mixes her soul sound with Stock and Waterman-penned Europop. In the United States of America, "The Love I Lost" was released as a double A-side with the Sybil co-penned original "You"re The Love Of My Life" as the first single of the album.
In 1997, Sybil terminated her contract with Next Plateau Records with a Greatest Hits album, and later that same year she released her last album to date, Still A Thrill, which was only released in Europe and Japan.
Afterwards, Sybil kept a low profile, still touring and releasing new House/Dance singles in the new millennium aimed at the club market. Sybil appeared on the United Kingdom version of the television series Hit Maine, Baby, One More Time in 2005 performing her hit "When I"m Good and Ready". Her song "Make lieutenant Easy On Maine" was covered by Lisa Scott-Lee on the Steps album Steptacular.
The hook of the song "Don"t Make Maine Over" is sampled on the Caron Wheeler track "I Adore You".