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
When I die, I'd like to come back as a cello.
I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
When you think about those of us that live the life that we want to live, we can thank absolutely and completely our men and women in uniform. Because if it were not for them, we wouldn't enjoy the freedoms that we have.
All of our early hits, 'Danke Schoen' and 'Red Roses,' were produced by Bobby Darin.
After the events of 9-11, the one group of people who were forgotten were our military, the Pentagon, the people who carry the message for us.
After 9/11 we couldn't have had enough airplanes for the people who were volunteering to go. Now with 9/11 being as far removed as it is, the war being up one day and down the next, it becomes increasingly difficult to get people to go.
I get his fan mail, and take it to work. I've gotten boxes of persimmons, all kinds of stuff, ... One day a woman showed up from New Jersey, asking me for the donation I promised. I told her that she's probably looking for the Wayne Newton who lives in Las Vegas.
In the 1970s, you couldn't do a television show from Las Vegas because you couldn't find a sponsor. In my view, Las Vegas has become the place to perform versus any other place in the world.
And I say it's not. I tell them these men and women are over there because our country sent them, and we have the absolute necessity to try to bring them as much happiness as we can.
One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration.
I believe that fate is choices - it's not chance.
When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth.
If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.