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'', Retrieved October 28, 2010 is an American R&B and pop

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. Sybil gained notable success in her career with songs during the mid-1980s into the mid-1990s. She is the cousin of former

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Career

Sybil signed to

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in the United States (with a licensing deal with Champion Records in the United Kingdom) and began

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in 1986 with the release of her first single "Falling in Love". The record reached the top 30 on the Dance charts and began a successful career for Sybil, releasing her debut album ''Let Yourself Go'' a year later, which was a minor hit. Sybil achieved worldwide crossover hits with her

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s of

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's hits " Don't Make Me Over" and " Walk On By", which were released in 1989 and 1990, respectively. The former became Sybil's biggest hit in the US, peaking at No. 20, and was a No. 1 hit in New Zealand. "Walk On By" is still, to date, the highest charting position for this

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classic in the UK, peaking at No. 6, closely followed by Gabrielle (No. 7). Sybil's self-titled second album became her biggest-selling album in the US. She signed with

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for the UK market for this album, where it was titled ''Walk On By''. Sybil would be signed to PWL Records until 1998. Sybil's third album, ''

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'' was released in the fall of 1990, but went largely unnoticed. In January 1993, Sybil achieved her most successful hit in the UK charts, with a cover of "

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" peaking at No. 3; its follow-up "

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" peaked at No. 5. That same year, Sybil released two different albums: ''

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'' in North America and ''

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'' in Europe. While sharing four songs on their track listing, ''Doin' It Now!'' has a more R&B/soul sound, while ''Good N' Ready'' mixes her soul sound with Stock and Waterman-penned Europop. In the US, "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

with a ''

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'' album, and later that same year, she released her last album to date, ''Still a Thrill'', which was released in Europe and Japan only. Afterward, 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 UK version of the TV series ''Hit Me, Baby, One More Time'' in 2005 performing her hit "

". Afterwards, she began working in education, formerly teaching lyric and songwriting composition and creative writing, and later becoming a program director and lead achievement coach at Guilford Technical Community College in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Discography

Studio albums

* Album was released as ''Sybil'' in North America and Australasia and as ''Walk On By'' in the United Kingdom.

Compilation albums

*''

'' (1997, Next Plateau) *''Sybil's Greatest Hits'' (2007)

Remix album

*''Brighter Days: The Best Remix of Sybil'' (

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only) (

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EP) (1998, east''west'')

Singles

Featured singles

Covers

Her song "Make It Easy On Me" was covered by

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on the Steps album '' Steptacular''. The hook of the song "Don't Make Me Over" is sampled on the Caron Wheeler track "I Adore You". "Let Yourself Go" was sampled by

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on the track "Feeling Over" for

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's 1994 racing game ''

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''.

References

External links

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*Sybil on discogs https://www.discogs.com/artist/21940-Sybil {{Authority control 1966 births Living people American freestyle musicians American dance musicians American house musicians Singers from New Jersey American contemporary R&B singers American soul singers 20th-century American singers 20th-century American women singers 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers American women pop singers