Nino and the Ebb Tides

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| alias = The Ebb Tides

| origin = The Bronx, New York

| genre = Doo-wop

| years_active = {{start date|1956}}–{{end date|1965}}{{cite book|last=Rosalsky|first=Mitch|title=Encyclopedia of Rhythm & Blues and Doo-Wop Vocal Groups|year=2002|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Maryland|page=181|isbn=9780810845923|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L4ghJfL5iBIC&dq=Murray%20Jacobs%20REcorte&pg=PA181}}

| associated_acts = Rockin' Chairs

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| label = * Acme{{cite book|last1=Nite|first1=Norm N.|author2=Crespo, Charles|title=Rock on: The solid gold years|url=https://archive.org/details/rockon02norm|url-access=registration|date=1985|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0061816420|page=[https://archive.org/details/rockon02norm/page/457 457]}}

| past_members = * Antonio Aiello

  • Vinnie Drago
  • Tony Delesio{{cite web|title=Nino and the Ebb Tides|url=http://ryono.net/xtra/oldies/1961/ninoebbtides.htm|accessdate=7 September 2013}}
  • Ralph Bracco
  • Tony Imbimbo
  • Anthony DiBari

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Nino and the Ebb Tides were a doo-wop musical group based in the Bronx, New York, formed in 1956.{{cite book|last=Warner|first=Jay|title=American Singing Groups: A History from 1940 to Today|year=2006|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin|isbn=0634099787|page=266|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mTM_9JTeoMIC&dq=%22Rockin'%20chairs%22%20%22memories%20of%20love%22%20billboard&pg=PA266}}

Their first recording, Franny Franny (credited to "The Ebb Tides"), was the result of meeting talent scout Murray Jacobs in 1957{{cite web|title=Nino and the Ebb Tides|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/nino-the-ebb-tides-mn0000420971/biography|publisher=All Music|accessdate=10 September 2013}} and was widely played by Alan Freed.{{cite book|last1=Warner|first1=Jay|title=American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today|date=1992|publisher=Billboard Books|page=256|isbn=9780634099786|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mTM_9JTeoMIC&dq=%22Nino%20and%20the%20Ebb%20Tides%22%20-wikipedia&pg=PA265|accessdate=9 July 2015}} Later releases were on Jacobs' newly formed Recorte Records,{{cite web|title=45 Discography for Recorte Records|url=http://www.glo,baldogproductions.info/r/recorte.html|accessdate=7 September 2013|publisher=Global Dog Productions}} before the group moved on to Madison Records.

One of their recordings that reached the charts, "Jukebox Saturday Night", was a cover of a Glenn Miller tune.{{cite book

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|title=Twist & Shout: The Golden Age of American Rock 'N Roll Volume III 1960-1963

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|isbn=978-0964658844}} On September 4, 1961, their "Juke Box Saturday Night" charted on Billboard's Top 100, reaching number 57.

The group was managed by Ralph Fusco, also from the Bronx, NY.{{cn|date=April 2023}}

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