Origin USA Years active 1981–1984 Active until 1984 Members Joey Robinson, Jr. | Instruments vocoders, vocals Labels Sugar Hill Active from 1981 | |
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Past members Joey Robinson, Jr. (deceased) Albums Break Dance (Electric Boogie), Break Dance - Electric Boogie Genres Old-school hip hop, Boogie, Funk, Electro Similar Frost, Crash Crew, Spoonie Gee, Funky Four Plus One, Break Machine | ||
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.
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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.
Studio albums
Singles
Songs
Break Dance - Electric BoogieBreak Dance (Electric Boogie) · 1983
Sing a Simple SongBreak Dance (Electric Boogie) · 1983
Ooh BabyBreak Dance (Electric Boogie) · 1983