Wayne Newton

Wayne Newton started performing in Las Vegas when he was just 15 years old. More than 50 years later, his star still shines on the Las Vegas Strip. His charm and endearing personality as an entertainer have earned him the moniker, "Mr. Las Vegas". Recognized and revered around the world, entertainment superstar Wayne Newton is known for his iconic signature song, “Danke Schoen” in addition to countless other top hit singles including, “Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast,” “Red Roses for a Blue Lady,” “At This Moment,” “The Letter,” “Summer Wind” and “Years.” To date, Newton has recorded and released an astounding 165 albums in his career. Legend. Icon. World renowned, record-setting performer. Actor. The Midnight Idol. Mr. Entertainment. USO Ambassador and passionate supporter of veterans and active duty service members. Recognized and revered around the world, entertainment superstar Wayne Newton is known for his iconic signature song, “Danke Schoen” in addition to countless other top hit singles including, “Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast,” “Red Roses for a Blue Lady,” “At This Moment,” “The Letter,” “Summer Wind” and “Years.” Newton has recorded and released, to date, an astounding 165 albums in his career. In a volatile, unforgiving industry where careers and successes can appear and disappear like vapors, Wayne Newton resides atop the "Mount Rushmore of Entertainers" etched in music history. Wayne Newton has performed live in front of more than 40 million people during a record-setting run of 25,000-plus shows in Las Vegas, alone. He recently made his historic and triumphant return to the landmark Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel & Casino where he continues to perform his Up Close and Personal show, a journey through his illustrious Vegas career featuring hit songs and personal stories. This remarkably gifted artist, who can perform 13 different musical instruments on stage, has done so throughout his career without ever being able to read a single note of music. Wayne’s rare and unique abilities only further epitomizes the wealth of talent, glamour and unquenchable energy that is--Las Vegas. A lot has come and gone since Wayne Newton first set the entertainment world on fire as a precocious, big-voiced six-year-old. Wayne, almost ten years his junior, had already sung before a president, toured with a Grand Ole Opry roadshow, and released his first record. While the Beatles were still scrambling for their early Liverpool gigs, Wayne, who was two years younger than John Lennon, was playing Las Vegas and appearing on the Jackie Gleason and Lucille Ball television shows. In a business that is, at best, volatile and success sometimes short-lived, Wayne has performed live, at last count, to more than 40 million people and on television and record, too many times that number. He has epitomized the talent, glamour, and energy that is Las Vegas-the entertainment capital of the world for so long that he is called "Mr. Las Vegas." And these days, having established himself both on television and in movies as a fine actor, he's getting more attention than ever. A natural, he learned piano, guitar, and steel guitar by ear, and by the time he was six, he was doing a daily radio show before going to school. On weekends, he and his older brother Jerry appeared with the Opry roadshows that came through Virginia and Tennessee and performed before movies at a local theatre. He was in first grade when they performed at a USO show for President Truman and eight years old when they entered a local contest and won the chance to audition for the nation's biggest amateur show. "There are two people I know of," he says with a laugh, "who flunked 'Ted Mack's Amateur Hour' auditions: Elvis Presley and me." That disappointment was a minor setback in a childhood that included serious health struggles. Wayne's severe bouts with asthma forced the family to move from Virginia to Phoenix, Arizona, where he recovered and continued his career. The stamina that w