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| Singer. Born April 3, 1942, in Roanoke, Virginia. Newton, whose Las Vegas nightclub act grosses a million dollars a month, got his start on television variety shows in the 1950s while still a teenager. At 17, Wayne and his brother Jerry started their own Vegas act. |
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Born April 3, 1942, in Roanoke, Virginia. Newton, whose Las Vegas nightclub act grosses a million dollars a month, got his start on television variety shows in the 1950s while still a teenager. At 17, Wayne and his brother Jerry started their own Vegas act. When he was 21, after much frustration, Bobby Darin finally produced Newton's single "Danke Schoen." It became a hit, but it was Newton's last, as his voice soon lowered. Newton's Las Vegas act lived on, however, to become the highest grossing act in Las Vegas history. It featured fog machines, a spaceship, and Newton in very tight pants.
Newton earned enough to acquire the Aladdin casino in Las Vegas, an Arabian horse ranch, and a mansion on 50 acres which he calls Casa Shenandoah. In 1992, he was forced to declare bankruptcy when he acquired $20 million in debts while suing NBC for libel; the network had reported that he partnered with the mafia to buy the Aladdin. However, several multi-million dollar performances around the world have since put the singer back on top.
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