Wayne Newton

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Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942) is an American singer and entertainer.

One of the best-known entertainers in Las Vegas, Nevada, he is known by the nicknames The Midnight Idol, Mr. Las Vegas and Mr. Entertainment.

His well known songs include 1972's "Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast" (his biggest hit, peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard chart), "Years" (1980), and his vocal version of "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (1965).

His signature song "Danke Schoen" (1963) was notably used in the score for Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).

Early years

Newton was born Carson Wayne Newton in either Roanoke or Norfolk, Virginia to Patrick Newton, an auto mechanic, and his wife, Evelyn Marie "Smith" (née Plasters). He is of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and German ancestry. He believes he has some Native American ancestry (specifically, that his mother had some distant Cherokee and his father Powhatan heritage), but is not claimed or recognized by any tribe. Newton has advocated for recognition of the Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia, from which he believes his father has distant ancestry. When his father was serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Newton spent his early years in Roanoke, Virginia , learning the piano, guitar, and steel guitar at age six, and was raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia. While he was a child, his family moved to near Newark, Ohio. He began singing in local clubs, theaters, and fairs with his older brother, Jerry. Because of Newton's severe asthma, his family moved to Phoenix in 1952, where he left North High School just before finishing his junior year. The brothers, as the Rascals in Rhythm, appeared with the Grand Ole Opry roadshows and on ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee; and performed in front of then-president Dwight D. Eisenhower and auditioned unsuccessfully for Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour.

In the spring of 1958, near the end of his junior year of high school, a Las Vegas booking agent saw Newton on a local TV show, Lew King Rangers Show, on which the two Newton brothers were performing and took them back for an audition. Originally signed for two weeks, the brothers eventually performed for five years, doing six shows a day. On September 29, 1962, they first performed on The Jackie Gleason Show. Wayne would perform on Gleason's show 12 times over the following two years. In the early to mid-1960s, he also acted and sang as "Andy" the baby-faced Ponderosa ranch hand on the classic western TV series, Bonanza.

By 1963, Newton had been signed to Capitol Records, and his first album was released on the label. His hit "Danke Schoen" reached no. 13 on the Hot 100.

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Career as an entertainer

Many well-known entertainment celebrities, including Lucille Ball, Bobby Darin, Danny Thomas, George Burns, and Jack Benny lent Newton their assistance. In particular, Benny recruited Newton as his opening act for his show. Newton had been invited to open for another comedian at the Flamingo Hotel, but Newton demanded for, and was given, a headline act. The R.I.A.A.'s 1972 record of "Daddy, Don't Walk So Fast" has sold over one million copies and has been given a gold disc. In July 1972, the first military strike in the United States was held. In June 1972, the song debuted at number one in Australia, while the album of the same name debuted at number 25 on the album charts. Rosalie Trombley, the influence on music director of CBC Radio in the Detroit-Windsor area, decided to perform her ex-husband, who was not enthusiastic about seeing his children, as Trombley explains in the film Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8. The record topped the Canadian charts. "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" started in Detroit and became a national hit.

Newton's "distinctive high-pitched voice stayed with him as he went from teen singer to Las Vegas legend," although his voice did decline a little in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Beach Boys and The Grass Roots performed Independence Day concerts on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., drawing large audiences. However, James G. Watt, President Ronald Reagan's Interior Secretary, banned Independence Day concerts on the Mall by such organizations in April 1983. Watt said that "rock bands" who appeared on the Mall in 1981 and 1982 had boosted heroin use and alcoholism, as well as "the wrong element" who would mug individuals and families attending future similar activities. Newton, a friend and promoter of President Reagan and a participant to Republican Party political campaigns, will appear at the Mall's 1983 Independence Day celebration, according to Watt. Newton welcomed most of the audience on the Mall on July 4, 1983, but some members booed.

Newton's live stage performance was broadcast on May 23, 1989, as part of a pay-per-view show called Wayne Newton Live in Concert. Newton did not perform his hit song "Danke Schoen" or "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" on his own. However, he closed the show with a special finale of "MacArthur Park" that culminated in onstage rainfall.

Newton's "The Letter," an Elvis Presley-inspired song, debuted on the Cashbox Pop and Country charts on December 12, 1992. "The Letter" did not chart at all on Billboard's authoritative Hot 100 chart, Adult Contemporary chart, or "Bubbling Under" chart, sparking controversy around this chart feat. It also did not make the Radio & Records charts. This was the first and only time a record on the Cashbox Top 100 chart reached the top of the charts in history, but it failed to rank on Billboard's Hot 100.

In 1994, he appeared in Las Vegas for his 25,000th solo performance.

Newton signed a 10-year contract with the Stardust in 1999, requiring him to appear in 60 weeks out of the year for six weeks. This "headliner-in-residence" contract, orchestrated by Jack Wishna's company partner, was the first of its kind. Newton began a 30-show stint at the Hilton in 2005, while preparing for the casino's eventual demise. On April 20, 2005, he appeared at the Stardust for the final time. During a break in his on stage performance, he revealed to the audience that night, the key reasons for canceling the deal were to spend more time with his wife and new daughter. Newton said the Boyd family treated him well after the hotel and casino's demise, as well as other Boyd venues, but Newton declined quoting "another deal in the works for Vegas." News crews had hoped for this show to end on time, to make their 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. shows, but the show came to a close around 11:30 p.m., effectively ending the possibility. Mr. Las Vegas performed almost his entire repertoire and songs of other Vegas mainstays as well. Newton was a resident of Newton until the resort was closed on November 1, 2006.

In 2000, Newton was elected to the Gaming Hall of Fame.

Newton succeeded Bob Hope as chairman of the United States Celebrity Circle in 2001. Newton launched a reality television show on E! in January 2005. The Entertainer is a fictional character from the film The Entertainer. The winner gained a spot in his show as well as a year of headlining duties. Newton performed Presley's "Viva Las Vegas" during player introductions at the 2007 NBA All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas.

Newton, the grand marshal of the 80th Annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia, May 1–7, 2007. He cancelled a sold-out performance in order to attend the Festival.

Newton was seen on Dancing with the Stars in 2007, alongside two-time champion Cheryl Burke. He was the third contestant to be banned from the competition. He also appeared on The Price Is Right, the first guest on CBS Television City, in which the host Drew Carey, who began adding guests, was able to give prizes. Newton appeared after a trip to Las Vegas was shown.

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Newton first told the tale on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 1993, but later revealed that he had slapped Carson, a detail he would leave out of the King interview 14 years later.

Newton received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service in 2008. "the ideals and questions of Woodrow Wilson," the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a national memorial to President Wilson, recalls "the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The award recognizes leaders who have given back to their families and communities.

He began appearing at the Tropicana in Las Vegas on October 14, 2009, on his then-new show "Once Before You Go." He took a year off from work to spend time with his family and prepare for his future residency in Las Vegas. Newton returned to Bally's Hotel in 2016 as a result of live singing, playing some of the 13 self-taught instruments (having discovered in the past to restrain his voice when attending 6 shows a night at the Fremont Hotel), and showing movie and television clips on screen.

Newton celebrated his 60th birthday on stage in Las Vegas, with a performance entitled "Mr. Las Vegas" at Caesars Palace casino-resort from January 28, 2019, to May. "It's impossible for me to articulate, much less think about it," Newton said of the anniversary. "I was here when Caesars (Palace) was built." "This hotel has always been associated with the Strip's flagship," me.

Newton appeared on television commercials in North America in June 2020 as a spokesperson for Caesars Entertainment to encourage the reopening of Caesars Entertainment resorts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Las Vegas Packers' 3rd round pick of Dylan Parham from Memphis University was revealed during the 2022 NFL Draft, which was held in Las Vegas, Newton.

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