Wayne Newton
Wayne Newton
Carson Wayne Newtonis 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", "Years", and his vocal version of "Red Roses for a Blue Lady". His signature song "Danke Schoen"was notably used in the score for Ferris Bueller's Day Off...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth3 April 1942
CityNorfolk, VA
CountryUnited States of America
The time has come after an incredible six years to move on to new challenges,
Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened.
uses (Kyle) as an inspiration. He says when he thinks about Kyle, 'I haven't got any problems.' Kyle is an inspiration to people, but he may not know it.
Given (Scotty's Paving) circumstances, I don't think the Fiscal Court should hold (the company's) feet to the fire,
Several months ago, he went through some real hard times, ... He was depressed, angry, he wouldn't get out of bed.
It's interesting, but in the last five or six years, the audiences are dressing better.
When I come offstage, if I've done a bad show or had a bad night, the fact that everybody was standing at the end or three or four times during the show means nothing to me. I know I could have done a better show.
There are people who are surprised at my politics and being a conservative and the rest of it. But the truth of the matter is, to my knowledge, I have never been overlooked or turned down for anything that I wanted to do that was being offered to me.
Once you're a Virginian, you're always a Virginian.
I'm better off working as opposed to lying around.
I played Vegas at the age of 16 years old, in 1959.
I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old.
Johnny Carson was a mean-spirited human being. And there are people that he has hurt that people will never know about. And for some reason, at some point, he decided to turn that kind of negative attention toward me. And I refused to have it.
On any given night - there are nights that you feel better. There are nights that you are vocally better. There are nights that you are not as vocally good. No question about it.