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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Given (Scotty's Paving) circumstances, I don't think the Fiscal Court should hold (the company's) feet to the fire,