When Wyane Newton first burst upon the scene some forty years ago,singing"danke Schoen"and"daddy don't you walk so fast" he WAS a boy singer,with a boy's unfinished voice...He still has that same voice today,sounding for all the world like some neutered slouch crooning at the local gaybar...Newton went on to an interesting career as a one-time vegas casino mogul,he played the villian in one of leslie Neilsen's"naked Gun"movies,and currently spends a lot of his time in Branson,Missouri,the poor man's Atlantic City,singing falsetto lounge for retired housewives and other geriatrics...If this is what moderns think "lounge"is all about then they are sadly mistaken...Like Mrs Miller and quite a few other notable goof performers,these acts always were of the"NOVELTY"sort,like Jerry Lewis crooning "Rock a bye your baby with a dixie melody"...Indeed,listening to Lewis ,Newton,and Mrs Miller side by side,I find it hard to tell them apart...
November 17, 2006Wayne Newtons album was of the heasy pho sheasy. This man tore it up from track to track...I couldnt get way from his phlow. My custom tens were pounding in the back of my street sweeper while I was ridin on my pho pho's. Wayne's voice was deeper than usual, but still, his flow set off the show fo shizzle. Last weekend I busted into the club and Newt was on and I was like "HHHHHHHEEEEEEAAAAYYYYY, Newt in the house". He really got the club bumpin. Wayne wasnt frontin, he wasnt slumpin, he was keepin it real well into the '05.
March 28, 2005I like to come home after a hard days work at the munitions plant, get a cold drink from the 'fridge, sit in my favorite chair, and listen to Wayne Newton until my microwave dinner is ready. "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye" has got to be the best version ever recorded. "Strangers in the Night" puts the listener into a melancholy mood that Frank Sinatra's version fails to achieve. Newton is one of the most expressive male vocalists I have ever heard, but he occasionally sounds more feminine than Barbara Streisand. Hey Wayne, "Danke Schoen".
March 19, 2004 |  | Weird and Wonderful at the same time |  |
After watching the movie Man on the Moon, I fell in love with the song Volare. (even though the guy wasn't serious when he sang it) I looked all over the internet trying to find a version of that song. I heard a clip and fell in love with this version. When I saw that it was Wayne Newton, I kept saying, "No way! this is a woman singing" I couldn't get over it so I bought the CD. Lo and Behold, it really was Wayne Newton. My husband and I love this CD. We are secret listeners because no one would believe that we like this kind of music. Buy the CD, you will be swing dancing in no time. You won't be able to help yourself! It is great
March 24, 2003| | | I could almost hear the ice clinking in the glasses | |
Sip it slowly. This cd is near perfect. Relax, and turn the lights low. Because you are about to be entertained like no other swingin cat can entertain!! This cd also is the perfect cocktail music. You'll feel the lush surrounding, you'll smell the smoke, and you'll hear the ice clinking in the glasses. Frank may be the ultimate cat, but let me tell you, if you like good music from an era gone by, then this cd by wayne should be in your top 10. Enjoy. I need to refill my martini.
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