Born: 3 April 1942
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia
Best Known As: Mr. Las Vegas
Newton’s big hit “Danke Schoen” was released in 1963, when the singer was 21, and established him as a fresh-faced tenor and heartthrob. Later Newton grew to be a fixture in his adopted hometown of Las Vegas, where he became a symbol of the city’s particular style of old-fashioned glitzy entertainment. In the 1990s (like Robert Goulet and William Shatner) he became an icon of kitsch, spoofing his own slick image in movies and TV commercials. In 1999 Newton signed a 10-year performance contract with the Stardust Hotel on the Las Vegas strip.

Newton raises Arabian horses and is a practiced martial artist… He had a long-running public feud with TV host Johnny Carson… In 2001 Newton replaced comedian Bob Hope as the chairman of the USO Celebrity Circle, charged with leading tours to entertain American troops overseas.

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