Sybil is a American R&B/pop singer, who has been recording since 1986. She is best known for her covers of Dionne Warwick's hits "Don't Make Me Over" and "Walk On By", which were released in 1989 and 1990 respectively. They were both Top 20 successes on the UK pop charts with the latter being the highest charting position for this Bacharach/David classic (No6), narrowly beating Gabrielleäs version which made No7 in 1997.
However, it was when she signed with the music UK songwriters/producers Stock Aitken Waterman, that Sybil had the biggest success, and was particularly popular in the UK. She had 2 huge Top 5 smashes in 1993, the first, a West End production of "The Love I Lost", originally a No21 hit for Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes made No3 and the second "When I'm Good And Ready", an original song penned by Mike Stock and Pete Waterman after Matt Aitken had flown the nest reached No5. Her most successful album was also released that year, "Good n Ready" made No12 on the album charts. The same year, her US album Doin' It Now was released by Next Plateau, a subsidiary of Polygram Records.
Most of Sybil's hits have been covers of standards, and her career gradually evolved from dance towards soul/pop. Her last single to date was released in 1997.
In 2005, she appeared in the ITV singing contest, Hit Me Baby One More Time.
