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
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.
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.
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.
It's interesting, but in the last five or six years, the audiences are dressing better.
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.
I've always had great faith in people.
I miss the personalization that Vegas was - there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names.
When you take of a man's time, you've taken a part of his life.