Wayne Newton

Wayne Newton began his singing and show business career in 1949 at the age of six, leading to his signature hit song, "Danke Schoen," in 1963. While till a junior in high school, he began performing on the Las Vegas Strip. He became a youthful colleague of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack" and a friend of Elvis Presley. Over the years, Newton learned to play 13 different musical instruments and recorded such chart favorites as "Red Roses for a Blue Lady," "Summer Wind," and "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife."

As a Las Vegas headliner, Newton broke box office records at the Flamingo Hilton. By 1994, he had performed 25,000 shows in Las Vegas alone, earning him an enduring title as "Mr. Las Vegas." For a decade thereafter, he crooned to sell-out crowds for 40 weeks a year at the Stardust Hotel's "Wayne Newton Theatre," while also performing for U.S. military troops stationed overseas as part of an annual USO Tour. Some 40 million persons have seen him perform live. In October 2009, Newton celebrated his 50th year of entertaining audiences on The Strip with a special, limited engagement production called "Once Before I Go" at Tropicana Las Vegas.

Wayne Newton's sprawling Las Vegas estate, named "Casa de Shenandoah," covers 52 acres. It is home to the horses he breeds, Aramus Arabians. The ranch is located about 20 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip at the southwest corner of South Pecos and East Sunset roads, Las Vegas, Nevada 89120.