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In 1999, Newton signed a 10-year deal with the Stardust, calling him to perform there 40 weeks out of the year for six shows a week in a showroom named after him. In 1994, Newton performed his 25,000th solo show in Las Vegas.
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This marked as the first and only time in history that a record hit #1 on the Cashbox Top 100 chart, yet failed even to chart on Billboard's Hot 100. It did not make the Radio and Records magazine chart either. Controversy swirled around this chart feat, as "The Letter" did not chart at all on Billboard Magazine's authoritative Hot 100 chart, Adult Contemporary chart or "Bubbling Under" chart. On December 12, 1992, Newton hit #1 on the Cashbox Pop and Country charts with the Elvis inspired song, "The Letter". Newton did, however, close the show with a special finale of MacArthur Park, which culminated with an onstage rainfall. In an odd break with tradition, Newton didn't perform his trademark songs Danke Schoen or Red Roses for a Blue Lady". On May 23, 1989, Newton's live stage show was broadcast as a Pay-Per-View event called Wayne Newton: Live in Concert. However, in April 1983, Newton, a friend and supporter of president Regan and a contributor to Republican Party political campaigns, performed at the Mall's 1983 Independence Day celebration. The record topped the Canadian charts, From Detroit, "Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast" took off and broke nationwide.įrom 1980 through 1982, The Beach Boys and The Grass Roots perfomed Independence Day concerts on the Nationwide in Washington D.C. Influenced music director Rosalie Trombley of Canadian station CKLW "The Big 8" radio in the Detroit area decided to add the record to her radio station to embarrass her ex-husband, who wasn't faithful about seeing his children, as Trombley explained in the documentary "Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8". In 1972, his recording for "Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast" sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. After his job with Benny ended, Newton was offered a job to open for another comic at the Flamingo Hotel, but Newton asked for, and was given, a headline act. In particular, Benny hired Newton as an opening act for his show. Many prominent entertainment icons such as Lucille Ball, Bobby Darin, Danny Thomas, George Burns and Jack Benny lent Newton their support. In the early to mid-1960s, Wayne also acted and sang as "Andy" the baby-faced Ponderosa ranch hand on the classic western TV series, Bonanza. Newton would perform on Gleason's show twelve times over the following two years. On September 29, 1962, they performed on The Jackie Gleason Show. Originally signed for two weeks, the brother's eventually performed for five years, doing six shows a day. In the spring of 1958, toward the end of Newton's junior year in high school a Las Vegas booking agent saw a local TV show, Lew King Rangers on which the two Newton brothers were performing and took them back for an audition. His brother, as the Rascals in Rhythm, appeared in the Grande Ole Opry roadshows and on ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee and performed for the president and auditioned unsuccessfully for Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour. Newton's severe asthma forced the family to move to Phoenix, Arizona in 1952, where he attended North High School (Phoenix, Arizona). Because of his connection with Newark and still having family there, the city selected Newton to be the grand marshal of the bicentennial parade in 2002. He began singing at local clubs, theaters and fairs with his older brother Jerry. While Newton was still a child, his family moved to a home near Newark, Ohio. Navy, Newton spent his early childhood in Roanoke, learning the Piano, guitar and steel guitar at the age of six. Newton's mother is half-Cherokee and his father is half-Patawomeck. He has English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German and Native American ancestry. Newton was born Carson Wayne Newton in Norfolk, Virginia to Evelyn Marie (nee Plasters later changed to Smith) and Patrick Newton, who was also an auto mechanic.