Wayne Newton

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Wayne Carson Newton (born April 3, 1942 in Roanoke , Virginia ) is an American pop singer , actor and entertainer , who was best known for his numerous shows in Las Vegas .

Artistic career

Newton first grew up with his family, who had both English, Irish, Scottish and Indian roots, in Roanoke (Virginia) . At the age of six he began to learn to play the piano and guitar and has already appeared regularly on a radio program. During the early years of his school years, he performed in several local music competitions with his older brother. At that time he lived with his family in Newark, Ohio until they had to move to Phoenix, Arizona in 1952 because of his asthma . There he got his own TV show as a schoolboy. He has now mastered over ten musical instruments, which prompted an agent from Las Vegas to put him and his brother in a show in Las Vegas. In 1962 he recorded his first single with his brother as "The Newton Brothers" on the small label George . Appearances on US-wide television shows followed, where he caught the attention of Bobby Darin . He produced three singles with the two Newton brothers on Capitol Records . All three records were included in the Hot 100 hit list by the US music magazine Billboard , with the Bert Kaempfert title Danke Schoen receiving the best rating with 13th place.

From 1964 Wayne Newton's name appeared alone on the record labels, after two singles with Newton alone had appeared on Challenge Records in early 1964 . Capitol produced 18 singles with Newton by 1967, but none of the titles reached the top 10 of the American hit lists. In 1968 Newton moved to the record company MGM , but only one of the seven singles found entry into the Hot 100. With its first release on the Chelsea Records label in 1972, he achieved his greatest record success. The track Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast rose to number four on Billboard and was awarded a gold record by the RIAA for over one million records sold. The record contract with Chelsea expired in 1976, followed by a few productions at other record companies and in 1980 Newton had his last chart success with the title Years (Hot 100/35.).

Newton was much more successful with his shows in Las Vegas. In 1994 he entered there for 25,000. Mal on what the synonym "Mr. Las Vegas ”. He has been named "Entertainer of the Year" several times and set standards for the entertainment industry. In 1999 he signed a 10-year contract with the Stardust hotel casino in Las Vegas, which guaranteed him regular show appearances for 40 weeks a year. In order to be able to take care of his family more, Newton canceled the contract in 2005. Instead, he started working for the television station E! Entertainment Television the reality game show The Entertainer .

After Newton had appeared in episodes 230 and 250 of the Bonanza TV series in 1966 , he took on the lead role in the 1969 film 80 Steps to Jonah . By 2013 he worked in eleven movies, he also had numerous roles in other television series, including several episodes on North and South (Torches in the Storm) .

Discography

Albums

title Catalog no. published
Thank you very much Capitol 1973 1963
Red Roses For A Blue Lady Capitol 2335 1965
Summer wind Capitol 2389 1965
Wayne Newton - Now! Capitol 2445 1966
Songs For A Merry Christmas Capitol 2588 1966
It's Only The Good Times Capitol 2635 1967
The Best Of Wayne Newton Capitol 2797 1967
Walking On New Grass MGM 4523 1968
One more time MGM 4549 1968
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast Chelsea 1001 1972
Can't You Hear The Song? Chelsea 1003 1972
Wayne Newton Collectors Series Capitol
The Best Of Wayne Newton - Now Curb
Merry Christmas From Wayne Newton Curb
Moods & Moments Curb 1992
The Greatest Hits Curb 1993
In person DRG 2004
Real thing Bear Family 2004
The Best Of Wayne Newton EMI 2005

* distributed in Germany

Singles

From page Catalog no. published
George
Calorie Date / The Little White Cloud That Cried (and The Newton Bros.) 7777 1962
Capitol
Heart / So Long Lucy (and The Newton Bros.) 4920 2.1963
Thank you Schöen / Better Now Than Later (and The Newton Bros.) 4989 6.1963
Shirl Girl / Someone's Ahead of You (and The Newton Bros.) 5058 10.1963
Dream Baby / I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover 5124 2.1964
Bill Bailey / When The Saints Go Marching In 5171 4.1964
Only You / Too Late to Meet 5203 6.1964
Comin 'On Too Strong / Looking Through a Tear 5338 12.1964
Red Roses for a Blue Lady / One More Memory 5366 1.1965
Apple Blossom Time / Laura Lee 5419 5.1965
Summer Wind / I'll Be Standing By 5470 7.1965
Remember When / Keep the Lovin 'Feeling 5514 9.1965
Some Sunday Morning / A Little Bit of Heaven 5553 12.1965
You Just Don't Know / After the Laughter 5578 2.1966
Stagecoach to Cheyenne / Somebody to Love 5643 5.1966
Excuse Me Baby / How Loud a Sound 5692 7.1966
Games That Lovers Play / Half a World Away 5754 10.1966
How D'Ya Talk To A Girl / Happy Is Gone 5793 11.1966
If I Only Had a Song To Sing / Sunny Day Girl 5842 2.1967
Dream Street Rose / Summer Colors 5954 7.1967
Through the Eyes of Love / Just a Memory 5993 1967
Love of the Common People / It's Still Loving You 2016 10.1967
Up Here in a Tree / Fallin ' 2917 9.1970
For the Good Times / Little Dreamer 2980 12.1970
Apartment 21 / Me and My Bobby McGee 3044 1971
Remember the Good Times / Good Morning Dear 3118 1971
I Ain't That Easy to Love / Leavin 'Ya Going My Way 3189 1971
Just a Memory / Higher Ground 3241 1971
Challenge
I Still Love You / I Want to Mean Everything to You 59228 1.1964
The Little White Cloud That Cried / Born When You Kissed Me 59238 4.1964
MGM
All the Time / Like Everything Else 13891 1.1968
Remembering / Angelica 13936 5.1968
Dreams of the Everyday Housewife / The Tip of My Fingers 13955 6.1968
Town and Country / The Silence Says 13993 9.1968
Everything's in Love Today / The Silence Says 14046 3.1969
The Lord Must Be in New York City / For the First Time 14083 9.1969
With Pen in Hand / Town and Country 14430 1972
Chelsea
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast / Echo Valley 2-6809 0100 4.1972
Can't You Hear the Song / You Don't Have to Ask 0105 9.1972
While We're Still Young (Mono) / While We're Still Young (Stereo) 0116 2.1973
Help Me Help You (Mono) / Help Me Help You (Stereo) 0124 5.1972
Pour Me a Little More Wine / May The Road Rise to Meet You 0091 9.1973
Lady Lay / Walking in the Sand 3003 10.1974
All Alone Am I / You Don't Have to Ask 3018 5.1975
Run to Me / Lady Lonely 3028 9.1975
The Hungry Years / In Dreams 3041 4.1976
A Wonderful Chrismas / Jingle Bell Hustle 3058 11.1976
Warner bros.
I want you with me / midnight sun 8415 7.1977
20th Century
Hold Me Like You Never Had Me / Housewife 2393 11.1978
Aries II
You Stepped Into My Life / She Believes in Me 101 8.1979
I Apologize / It's Nice to Be With You 107 11.1979
Years / Rhythm Rhapsody 108 1.1980

Chart placements

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1963 Thank you very much US55 (9 weeks)
US
1965 Red Roses For A Blue Lady US17 (20 weeks)
US
Summer wind US114 (6 weeks)
US
1966 Wayne Newton - Now! US80 (21 weeks)
US
1967 It's Only The Good Times US131 (13 weeks)
US
The Best Of Wayne Newton US194 (4 weeks)
US
1968 One more time US186 (5 weeks)
US
Walking On New Grass US196 (3 weeks)
US
1972 Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast US34 (21 weeks)
US
1973 Can't You Hear The Song? US164 (11 weeks)
US

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1963 Heart! (I Hear You Beating)
 US82 (4 weeks)
US
Thank
you, thank you, thank you 		US13 (12 weeks)
US
Shirl girl
 US58 (7 weeks)
US
1964 The Little White Cloud That Cried
 US99 (2 weeks)
US
1965 Comin 'On Too Strong
 US65 (5 weeks)
US
Red Roses For A Blue Lady
Red Roses For A Blue Lady 		US23 (9 weeks)
US
I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time
Red Roses For A Blue Lady 		US52 (6 weeks)
US
Summer Wind
Summer Wind 		US78 (4 weeks)
US
Remember when
 US69 (4 weeks)
US
1966 Games That Lovers Play
It's Only The Good Times 		US86 (6 weeks)
US
1968 Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife
 US60 (7 weeks)
US
1972 Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast 		US4 (20 weeks)
US
Can't You Hear The Song?
Can't You Hear The Song? 		US48 (8 weeks)
US
Anthem
Can't You Hear The Song? 		US65 (5 weeks)
US
1976 The Hungry Years
Tomorrow 		US82 (4 weeks)
US
1979 You Stepped Into My Life
Night Eagle 1 		US90 (8 weeks)
US
1980 Years
 US35 (13 weeks)
US

Filmography

Publishing year title
1966 Bonanza (TV) Season 7, episode 230, (The unwritten commandment) and Season 8, episode 250, The Manager (A christmas story)
1968 Here's Lucy (TV)
1969 80 Steps to Jonah (80 steps to happiness)
1979 Vegas (TV)
1986 North and South ( Torches in the Storm - TV)
1989 License to Kill ( James Bond 007 - License to Kill )
1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane ( Ford Fairlane - Rock 'n' Roll Detective )
1991 The Dark Backward
1993 Best of the Best 2 (The Invincible - Best of the Best)
1995 Night of the Running Man
1997 Vegas Vacation ( The Shrill Four in Las Vegas )
2001 Ocean's Eleven
2011 Hoodwinked Too! (The Little Red Riding Hood ultimatum)
2011 40 west
2013 Getting Back to Zero

Computer games

Wayne Newton spoke to radio host "Mr. New Vegas" in the role-playing game Fallout: New Vegas .

literature

Web links

Commons : Wayne Newton  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: US
personal data
SURNAME Newton, Wayne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Newton, Wayne Carson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pop singer, actor, and entertainer
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Roanoke , Virginia