West Street Mob

West Street Mob
Origin	USA
Genres	Old school hip hop, boogie, funk, electro
Instruments	vocoders, vocals
Years active	1981–1984
Labels	Sugar Hill
Members	Warren Moore Sabrina Gillison
Past members	Joey Robinson, Jr. (deceased)

West Street Mob were a boogie and electro music trio, active between 1981 and 1984, best known for their 1983 song "Break Dance – Electric Boogie". The band comprised Joey Robinson, Jr., Warren Moore and singer Sabrina Gillison.

In 1981, West Street Mob recorded their eponymous album that peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Black Albums chart. Successful single includes "Let's Dance", peaking #18 on the Black Singles chart and #22 on the Dance chart.

In 1983, they released the Break Dance – Electric Boogie album and the "Break Dance – Electric Boogie" single. The song contains a sample of a 1960s song "Apache" written by Jerry Lordan, and performed by Incredible Bongo Band.

West Street Mob also recorded two singles that were not included on either of the two albums, "Ooh Baby" and "Sing a Simple Song".

The group is very well known for the Electric Boogie song being featured in the first of Judson Laipply's Evolution of Dance video.

Joseph "Joey" Robinson, Jr., son of Sugar Hill Records founder Sylvia Robinson, died of cancer on July 11, 2015, in Tenafly, New Jersey, at the age of 53.

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