Ceybil Jefferies - Love So Special (Original Mix 1990)

Sweet Sable (born Ceybil Jefferies from Brooklyn, New York) was an R&B, hip-hop, and house music singer, also known as Sybil Jefferies, Sable Jefferies or just Ceybil. In 1991 she released her debut album "Let the Music Take Control". On the album with the club classic song "Love So Special" which was also the first & only single to be taken from the album... A very catchy song with a great beat, hard base and excellent vocals. After many successful years as a house diva, she reinvented herself as a new jack swing R&B singer named Sweet Sable in the early 1990's, but eventually returned to house music as Ceybil Jefferies.
In 1994, Cebyl resurfaced under the name "Sweet Sable" and released her debut album "Old Times' Sake" on Street Life Records. The title song (which was featured on the "Above the Rim" movie soundtrack) peaked at #93 on the Billboard Hot 100, #43 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart and #15 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart, staying on the chart for 20 weeks. The second single from the album "Tonight" peaked at #45 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart, staying on the chart for 9 weeks. The last single from the album "Love Thang" peaked at #74 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart, staying on the chart for 8 weeks.
Back to her real name, Ceybil Jefferies continued to work as a vocalist on several house music songs throughout the late 90s/early 2000s. Her last known solo song was "Thank U For Blessing" in 2004 and she apparently went on to sing gospel music. Sybil Jefferies was grateful and overwhelmed with joy for all the fans and DJ's that have kept her music alive through the years.
It was reported that Ceybil contracted neurosarcoidosis several years ago which rendered her completely blind. Ceybil passed away on April 9, 2020 after being diagnosed with COVID-19 that was complicated by her 20 year battle with Neurosarcoidosis . She is survived by her mother, husband (Anthony), her daughter (Angelique) her son (Antonio) and sister (Sabrina).

[@wc6442]

So Glad to have been able to be a part of this house dance music culture it will never be duplicated and it was FIRE and I loved every *cking minute of it. R.I.P. QUEEN

[@peterkaufmann4855]

I met Ceybil in the mid 90s and she was mad cool. She came over to my friend's recording studio in Jersey City with Nikki Nicole and we worked on putting a new track together. Unfortunately nothing ever happened but the whole time I kept thinking how legendary she was because I used to spin this joint all through my high school days!

[@craighodgson4060]

Did you get any recordings from the tracks you worked on with them 🧐

[@peterkaufmann4855]

@@craighodgson4060 not that I know of

[@craighodgson4060]

It would be great great to hear some demo reel track's from her in the underground recording studios back.in the day 💥 they must of been more 💕

[@osric70]

I was such a house-head in college and this track right here did it for me. Reading the comments below, I see the artist passed from COVID, so sad. Thank you Ms Ceybil Jefferies for contributing to the soundtrack of my life which is on repeat to this day, so special. Aggie Pride to all of my house heads in the Moore Gym Jams back in the day!

[@TheReal_E.IRIZARRY]

This joint and "Falling In Love/Let Yourself Go" by Sybil..... Do you know how much Hispanic female bunns I got off of this?!?!!? RIP NYC, Patterson, Brick City, Chill Town, E. Orange, CT, etc. what an era!!!

[@TheAlnice2g]

I remember back in 91 they played this record on the college radio station in New Brunswick NJ Rutgers cause mainstream radio stations didn’t want to play deep house music. I jammed this loud in my car! Miss those days miserably 😔

[@Dr.Dave718]

Remembering Ceybil Jeffries, Sweet Sable, R.I.P. 4/10/20, actually the first casualty of Covid😢that hit the HipHop community , Brooklyn Represent🎙️

[@joserosa2717]

Thumbs up In Sadness, , My goodness what a Classic what a voice, Prayers up to her memory I’m forever grateful RIP😜Ms Jeffries🎶

[@HaroldPeterson-zp6ns]

Rest in peace cybil.😢 She help blow house up with this in the 90's.i'm a house head !

[@Polegirlforever]

This was a Club Red Zone Classic in the early 90’s in NYC 💃🏽💃🏽

[@pl1763]

This and Hot Music got everybody on the floor and still does

[@noniway8013]

Didnt know she passed...oh no. God bless her. RIP Angel. Now you are a Love so special.

[@realrude01]

Ayee I Learnt how to JECK my body too the Beat off this song.🕺🕺🕺 She gave this song 🎵 R.I.P Ceybil❣

[@daniellesammy0827]

R.I.P you Beautiful Soul! I still listen to your music and I’m 45 years old. I lost many pounds on the dance floor sweating my Ass off at the Pallidium in NYC on Saturday night!❤️

[@torrinperry]

Club Banger , when this came on the dance floors got jumped 😂 Lol 😆

[@Iljinarchive]

Great garage track. I remember this. Me and my gay friend were crazy about garage music. We always went to gay clubs in amsterdam because they played garage. This song is epic. Takes me back.

[@sdqcholo3]

I remember this playing in the clubs. Especially Zanzibar in Newark

[@user-oy7zm2js5i]

100%! This song is so timeless. I close my eyes and remember entering the Cheetah Club in Patterson, New Jersey, Club 88, Bogies, Warnackle Park, Club Northmore, Club Leviticus, Red Parrot on West 57th Street and of course The Paradise Garage on KING Street NYC.

[@gardnsown4938]

Rip luv , this song bring back so many memories , my first party I wanna say ....you missed dearly...

[@carolsmalltherealtor3191]

wow..... thank you for the happy! rest sister.

[@Blackiice69]

Oh wow. I didn’t know that. Godbless your soul Queen🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@incognito3743]

Club Shelter NYC classic.....R.I.P 🌹

[@user-ke2kp3cw1d]

Right near the Holland tunnel off canal street

[@sanjipbalu2350]

R I P Bless you For your Talent you was Gifted 🙌🙏

[@TheBlackkat63]

Untimely death of such a talent. May she rest until paradise is restored John 5;28-29.

[@vincentdimurro8246]

My god I used to jam to this song on WBLS in New York City on Friday and Saturday nights at least she is heaven singing to God Jesus and everyone else.

[@feliciaedmonds6255]

Aww dang. SIP till that special day Ceybil🙏

[@grandadmiralpickleslee654]

🔥🔥🔥🤔🔥 My mum knows all these songs

[@victorfields928]

Rip ceybil Jefferies blessings

[@marshallcomer2653]

Who this rocking this in #2020 and forever R.I.P. Ceybil Jefferies, brickcitynewarknewjerseystandup!!!!!

[@larrymasterspowerbuildingc4477]

Detroit is bangin this right now with my special baby right here in my arms... I think Ceybil was talking to me... hadn’t thought of this song since 89! 🙏🔥

[@latoyaransom7442]

Just heard she passed away, RIP Ceybil Jeffries AKA Sweet Sable.. 🙏🏾

[@djsuave1]

Yeah, she passed away in April. So sad.

[@sedney2889]

Didn't know that

[@stanleyjohnson6179]

Got me on the dance floor at Lorettas in Atlanta back in the day. Good bye sugar! S.Johnson NYC baby!!

[@djrolixtraordinairmusic3037]

Rest in paradise my love. Make them dance in heaven, as you made ME dance here on earth.

[@OKDUBB]

@@djsuave1 Lots of the best vocalists seem to get disappearing ...

[@jyrodwilliams1267]

REST IN PEACE. MS CEYBIL. Thank you for this CLASSIC HOUSE CUT. House Nation

[@thomasreddick8869]

R.I.P Ceybil!..4/9/20

[@KoiSojer]

RIP Ceybil aka Sweet Sable! COVID19 Is NO JOKE.

[@bernaebeatty7262]

OH YES SO SPECIAL

[@niware80]

Rest In Peace Ceybil “Sweet Sable” Jefferies who passed away from COVID-19 yesterday

[@janellarogers1117]

RIP CEYBIL JEFFRIES!!!!

[@nickthegreekgreek156]

Im broken. rest in peace ✌️. from Athens Greece 🇬🇷. Ceybil... A legendary personality of house music.

[@johnpetty9310]

OH NOOO !!! 😭😭😭 OOOH NO!!! SORRY TO HEAR THAT!!! 😞😟😞🙏😑 RIP BEAUTIFUL

[@bronzegoddess8824]

OMG REST IN HEAVEN QUEEN.

[@ChicanoPhD]

She brought joy to this world. Hope she finds joy in the next world.❤

[@bklynbreeze6092]

R.I.P to Ceybil. This one of my favorite songs.

[@WilliamBaker-tn2mb]

This song has me going crazy OVER it.I LOVE IT SO VERY MUCH! RIP GIRL.

[@allannyoni1930]

RIP super woman 🙏 we will miss the super voice

[@alecduguid7270]

R I P THANKS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES.😀. ......... SUCH AN UNDERPLAYED TUNE 😕 AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW GET TO KNOW. STAY SAFE PEOPLE 😷 😷 😷 😷 OLD SKOOL APPRECIATERS. 😀 😀 2020

[@zakiyyahmuhammad6880]

I love this song it reminds me when I was younger and going to the YMCA party's on Fridays ,they don't make music like this anymore

[@yanboa]

Rest In Peace, Ms Jefferies!! :’(

[@djbside1965]

Rest in Power to Sybil Jefferies-Blain aka "Sweet Sable" aka "Ceybil Jefferies" (1963-2020). Thanks for the great music and the many, many fun memories. You will be sadly missed, but never forgotten.

[@Tab1975]

I am totally hurt! Bumping all weekend!

[@ElliotFlowers]

Money would have made her life a little easier?

[@rosalinefadipe6718]

Continue to rest in Peace.

[@usmc29er44]

Damn...didn't know she passed. R.I.P. ....Covid took some great ones from all of us

[@djbside1965]

@@rowcolynh So very sad to learn of dear Ceybil's condition leading up to her passing. I lost my first cousin to sarcoidosis in 2001. That was a tough year for sure. Much respect to you and your family, Clayton.

[@rvoutdoor149]

Who can remember 1018, heart heartrobe, red zone, the palladium, the underground, the Roxy, limelight, the tunnel , wow, what a days . Why do we have to get old 😂

[@oliverramson2118]

RIP ceybil your love so special

[@hypedelic]

you kids missed this era of love and house ... come visit us soon in an elderly home where we will house you !

[@lotrelljones7312]

I'm just remembering my club days and this song played just realized who this beautiful songstress was sweet sable rip

[@andreawintex]

R.I.P. Ceybil Jefferies C. Jefferies, Ceybil, Ceybil Jeffries, Cybil Jefferies, Cybil Jeffries, Jefferies, Jeffries, S Jefferies, S. Jefferies, S. Jeffries, Sable Jafferies, Sable Jefferies, Sable Jeffries, Seybill Jefferies, Sybil, Sybil Jefferies, Sybil Jeffries.... So Special For My Life....

[@lenardshaw6037]

Rip Ms Jeffries 🌹💔💝💔🔥

[@sushie29]

R.i.p. Cebyl

[@DeeBaby365]

I still fucks with this classic right here🤟🏾💯🤟🏾💯

[@rsharrieff]

Man, we killed this in Philly in 1990. College parties at Temple, Penn...everywhere! Peace up to DJ Jeff Mills on the radio

[@bernaebeatty7262]

NICE DANCE MIX BAD ASS MIX LOVE IT OH YEAH

[@plantaherbalknowledge9423]

So special, NYC underground sounds.

[@robertgunter6540]

R.I.P. Ceybil Jeffries! Just heard the news and saddened. Condolences to those close to Ms Jefferies!!!

[@skatman7777]

May GOD bless her soul and rest in peice.

[@Mototelly]

❤A REAL MOOD SETTER AND ENHANCER❤ 🤍THE BEAT UNMATCHED🤍 💙DIM THE LIGHTS N REMIX IT IN FOR A WHILE💙

[@ScotsPipe]

The sad breaking news is " Singer Vocalist in house music has passed away April 2020 , from Covid :: just terrible 😭❤️❤️ she will sadly missed Lovely " CEYBIL JEFFRIES XXXXX & AS AdbA says " THANK YOU FJR THE MUSIC " 🎵🎹🎧❤️😭

[@josemontano7767]

Oh no I just found Ceybil passed away RIP I always thought it was Shawn Christophers who Song this.

[@bernaebeatty7262]

OH NO I TEAR A CLUB UP WITH THIS SONG SAY WHAT? THIS MY STUFF LOVE REALLY LOVE THIS CLASSIC CLUB MUSIC . YESSSSS THANK YOU VERY MUCH MY JAM I GET DOWN ON THE DANCE FLOOR . TURN THIS MUSIC UP PARTY IS ON

[@thomasbrown3356]

This song will always mark the beginning of the golden age of 90-94 House music. R.I.P..

[@caleenanderson6413]

Rip Ceybil 💓

[@ah-ma-waya-sha-ah-la2723]

rest in power sister!!!!

[@jjholl00]

Rest in Peace! Sybil! I just found out of her passing. "Love So Special" - brings back soooooo many memories and a young time in my life. Thank you!

[@germanitastaton]

REST IN PEACE 🙏🏽☝🏾😞💔‼

[@jackmeoff9116]

This was a House Banger!! My Days in Chi Town!!

[@helenapreston6173]

this is my sisters favorite house song. This young lady just passed from coronavirus😥😥😥😥

[@m-l7127]

Wow still perfect. Brings me back to excellent times with Pierre, Harold and Leroy. Deep times, good vibes !

[@beadedbyhope9966]

Deeeeeeeeeepppp HOUSE🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺

[@moxie878]

I used to play this while I was dressing to go to the clubs #1018 #hearttrob #sudio54 stand up!!

[@KraneAudra]

RIP ceybil 4-10-2020

[@bernaebeatty7262]

OH YES GET DOWN TO THIS REAL GREAT JAM MIX MY CUT HERE DAM STILL JAMMING IN 2019 SAY WHAT FOR REAL NICE

[@illsim]

RIP ceybil

[@anthonyparham3325]

OMG I didn't no she passed away 🙏🙏🙏 👑❤️🥰🥰🥰😎🔥🔥🔥⭐🌟⭐🌟⭐💯💯💯

[@theampcollectivehousemusic]

Rest in Power Queen. :|

[@gordonmckenzie2920]

I used to tear down Pulse NY with this...afterwork Fridays E 54th St...man!

[@hollyherring71]

Those were the days... I worked right around the corner from Pulse! The best times...

[@gordonmckenzie2920]

@@hollyherring71 I worked around the corner from Pulse also! Small world...law firm at 919 Third Ave...

[@hollyherring71]

@@gordonmckenzie2920 Okay! 866 Third Avenue in the HOUSE.

[@gordonmckenzie2920]

@@hollyherring71 I was one of the Pulse Djs in rotation...I couldn't wait for work to be over on Fridays...I just walked around the block or sometimes use the short cut thru the postal facility lol

[@peggylewis226]

I was a bartender there. Couldn’t wait for the rice and peas to come and make me a plate before the night started.

[@waynefranklin9849]

This is one of those deep house tracks that Be hiding. NYC

[@lenardshaw6037]

Yyeahhh, jerzzzz, in the room2020no one does it better 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🌟💥🔥

[@discomadness]

R I P Ceybil Jeffries

[@dianam7402]

This song brings me back to bittersweet memories..R.I.P Ceybil

[@rashondaoliver1238]

Jersey City in the building 🏙🏙🗣🗣

[@berzerk1760]

House Music was on fire that year, nothing but future classics such as this one

[@goonervillegonad3662]

RIP Ceybil. I heard this track on a pirate radio station in 1990 as a 15 year old and told my friend, who bought records, that he had to get 'love so special'...

[@richardismond6220]

R.I.P 'So Special'

[@kmnupe]

R.I.P. Sister

[@tedgeorge7122]

I use to wait all week for Friday evening when they'd play this on the Kiss Mix at 6 in NY id play it so loud the 'House' was shaking

[@ariesk1001]

Rest In Peace 🙏🏽💔

[@1108samone]

R.I.P. Ceybil.

[@DURANTNY]

#RIP We lost you to this horrible virus yesterday. You are forever in our hearts, sweet Sable. This song is so many of our youth's anthem,.

[@honeyblikk]

Rest In Peace

[@nyreeali6574]

bumping this in 2019...and beyond...Jersey #Club Zanzibar!!!!!!

[@sedney2889]

🧱🧱🧱

[@VJJBodhi]

Omg my husband and I were just playing Underground Solutions and he was just talking about Zanzibar!

[@glendaevans7668]

I'm still listening to this it reminds me of my friend, George Fertal

[@Wotzerface]

RIP 🙏🏽

[@khishjackson5872]

Rip cebil 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@TREES30349]

R.I.P sista

[@Jonatan2u]

Rest in Glory "Sweet Sable" .. Loved your Music, It will stand as your living Legacy !! 🙏🏼

[@e.kendallvidal8580]

RIP Queen

[@brianclarke270]

RIP Cey- Cey. You are missed a year later.

[@peachessmith9481]

Jammin 2020 💃🔥🔥🔥😎😍 Lockdown wit House music 😷😷😷

[@paulinewilliams9934]

RIP Ceybil. She was serious!!!

[@tinamarietraynham135]

RIP Ceybil...Diva in Heaven! This was one of my Favs. Your energy was Real🙏🏽🌹🥰

[@eileenrodriguez6002]

This song brings back great club days..👍 LA, Cali

[@pattifanalwayz]

At the Catch

[@lenardshaw6037]

For sure la, keep rideing 🔥🔥💢🔥

[@bernaebeatty7262]

DAM HOT MIXX

[@TheStickyLabel]

Sheesh 🕊 safe travels Queen🙌🏾❤️ Brooklyn Legend on the check out.

[@jostia7986]

Deep house classic; yet the sound could slot into an dj set today

[@djdigital3806]

I play this.