Wayne Newton
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Carson Wayne Newton was born on April 3, 1942.
Even at a young age, Wayne Newton was already a veteran of show business. Wayne
Newton was just four when he settled on a life course. His parents had taken
him to see a Grand Ole Opry road show in his native Roanoke, Virginia, and he
watched, wide-eyed, as Hank Williams and Kitty Wells, among others, performed.
When it was over Wayne Newton said to his mother, “That is what I want
to do.” “What ?”, she asked calmly.. “"That,"”
Wayne Newton answered, pointing to the stage .
“The Great One,” Jackie Glean, was the first of many show business
legends to form a real friendship and fall for the young entertainment dynamo
Wayne Newtonand offer a hand. Lucille Ball had Wayne Newton as a guest a dozen
times on her show. Bobby Darin brought him his first record hits, “Hear,”
“Danke Schoen”, “Red Roses for a Blue Lady,” “Summer
Wind,” and “Dreams of the Everyday Housewife.” (He also scored
a national #1 on “Daddy, Don’t You Walk So Fast” and other
single hits have included “Years”, “She Believes in Me”
and “While the Feeling s Good”.) Others giving him a special affection
and support over the years would be Danny Thomas, George Burns, and Jack Benny.
The latter helped make sure that in a day when lounge singers didn’t move
up to Vegas’ big rooms, Wayne Newton did.
Wayne Newton broke all the hotel’s attendant records, and he has been
synonymous with Las Vegas ever since. These days, the Wayne Newton name on the
marquee of the Luxor Hotel finds hundreds of fans winding in line toward the
showroom nightly during his engagements. The spectacular production of Wayne
Newton live (which has brought him Entertainer of the Year honors for the past
five years) has also coaxed reviewers and feature writes to tout it as the Las
Vegas experience. Said Jim Greef in Spin magazine”……..his
show is the standard by which I will henceforth judge each future concert of
any genre. I’m not talking about camp, or kitsch…I’m talking
about full-blooded American entertainment.”
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