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1 CD with 48-page booklet, 32 tracks, playing time 75:52 minutes. Wayne Newton IS Mister Las... more

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Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers: The Real Thing (1954-1963)

1 CD with 48-page booklet, 32 tracks, playing time 75:52 minutes.

Wayne Newton IS Mister Las Vegas. He understands the city and what it takes to play there. He has seen it grow from a Mob hideaway in the desert to middle America's No.1 recreation spot, and he has played a role in that transition. No one – since the end of Sinatra’s Rat Pack – has been more popular there. But it has been a long, long way for Wayne Newton from the hills of Virginia to the rough, wooden floorboards of a hay wagon, parked outside a grocery store in Phoenix, Arizona, to the glitzy neon lights of the Las Vegas strip.

This compact disc compiles all of the early Wayne Newton and Newton Brothers records for Ranger, ABC, George, Lama and Capitol, from 1954-1963. It’s a unique retrospective of all the 45 rpm releases before and including his 1963 break through, Danke Schoen. It also includes many rare, unreleased songs that were recently discovered, including Wayne Newton’s very first three demos from 1954, featuring his brother, Jerry! From early hillbilly, doo wop, and rockabilly, to standards, ballads and hits, Wayne Newton and the Newton Brothers covered all styles of music in their first decade. Then, in 1962,
Wayne Newton met a kindred spirit, pop star Bobby Darin (Mack The Knife, Beyond The Sea, etc.) and Bobby Darin began producing him. Their first hit was Bert Kaempfert’s Danke Schoen (featured here) and from that point there was no looking back. The CD includes Bear Family's usual extensive liner notes and visuals.

It is a 'must have' for the many Wayne Newton fans all over the world. Hear for yourself how Wayne Newton transformed himself from a hillbilly wannabe to 'The Midnight Idol,' 'Mr. Entertainment' and 'Mr. Las Vegas.' This generously full 32 track CD is indeed 'The Real Thing.'

Article properties: Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers: The Real Thing (1954-1963)

Interpret: Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
Album titlle: The Real Thing (1954-1963)
Genre Rock'n'Roll
Label Bear Family Records
Preiscode AH
Artikelart CD
EAN: 4000127166753
weight in Kg 0.115

Newton, Wayne & Newton Brothers - The Real Thing (1954-1963) CD 1
01	Out Arizona Way	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
02	They Don't Know Nothin' At All	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
03	Rascal Boogie (demo)	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
04	If The Easter Bunny Knew The Fun He'd Have On	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
05	Christmas	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
06	Rascal Boogie	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
07	I'm Sad, Blue And Lonesome	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
08	Baby, Baby, Baby	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
09	I'm Too Young To Fall In Love With You	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
10	Rock 'N' Roll Lullabye	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
11	Careless Love	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
12	I'm No Good Without You	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
13	Start At The Bottom	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
14	I Spy	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
15	Bird Watcher's Ball	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
16	The Real Thing	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
17	The Little White Cloud That Cried	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
18	Calorie Date	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
19	You're Much Too Lovely To Cry	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
20	The Wild Irish Rose	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
21	I Want To Mean Everything To You	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
22	Little Jukebox	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
23	I Was Born When You Kissed Me	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
24	I Still Love You	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
25	What Does She Do With Him?	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
26	The Little Whit Cloud That Cried	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
27	Heart	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
28	So Long Lucy	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
29	Better Now Than Later	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
30	Shirl Girl	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
31	Someone's Ahead Of You	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
32	Dream Baby	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers
33	Danke Schoen	Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers

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Wayne Newton & Newton Brothers

From the rough wooden boards of a hay wagon outside a grocery store in Phoenix to the neon lights of Las Vegas is a long way – and Carson Wayne Newton travelled it. Born on 3 April 1942 in Roanoke, Virginia, he grew up a sickly child with severe bronchial asthma.

As early as 1948, at the age of six, Wayne had an early-morning radio show on WDBJ in Roanoke together with his older brother Jerry; Wayne played steel guitar and banjo, Jerry the rhythm guitar. Because of Wayne's asthma the family moved to Phoenix in 1952, shuttled as far as Ohio in between, and then returned to the Valley of the Sun.

In Phoenix the entertainer Lew King became the decisive mentor. The brothers appeared regularly on his popular Saturday-night television programme, the Lew King Rangers Show; King provided training, diction lessons and stage experience. On the record labels the name shifted from The Newton Rascals through Jerry & Wayne and The Newton Brothers featuring Wayne to, by 1963, Wayne Newton and the Newton Brothers.

The duo recorded for Capitol, yet everyone could see that Wayne was the real talent. In 1963 singer and producer Bobby Darin dropped the 'Newton Brothers' tag from the records – and with Danke Schoen began Wayne's rise to 'Mr. Las Vegas', one of the highest-paid entertainers on the Strip.

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From: Lenny Peters On: 1 Oct 2018

Interesting at best

Wayne, at times sounds like a cross between early Brenda Lee cuts and Jimmy Hodges, being a tenor almost from the get-go. He played a mean steel guitar though. He could have done some straight instrumentals with his brother including some Collins Kids stuff. The early works aren't as interesting as I had thought they would be and the changes started after midway of their sessions. Danke Shoen was a milestone solo for a kid of 13 back then. @ 55 years later, he's still entertaining crowds in Vegas. He's come a long way. Lee and Hodges were early exceptions, I think.

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