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♪ DON'T RUN AWAY FROM MY
LOVE ♪
>> Reporter: BUT HE'S SUNG
LOTS OF OTHERS SINCE HE
ARRIVED HERE AT AGE 15, HAVING
BEEN DISCOVERED IN PHOENIX
WITH HIS BROTHER JERRY.
>> THIS AGENT CAME THROUGH
TOWN.
HIS NAME WAS *** LEVINE.
>> Reporter: COME ON.
>> *** LEVINE.
♪ I'M BLUE, I'M SAD AND
I'M... ♪
> AND IT WAS *** LEVINE WHO
GOT WAYNE NEWTON TO LAS VEGAS
WITH HIS BROTHER.
>> WELCOME TO LAS VEGAS, KID.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> Reporter: NEWTON'S SHOW
STARTS WITH A DRAMATIC
RECREATION OF HIS ARRIVAL.
>> YOU WORK FROM 5:00 P.M. TO
11:00 P.M.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING SIX
SHOWS A NIGHT, SIX NIGHTS A
WEEK.
>> Reporter: WERE YOU
SCAREDED?
>> I WAS SCARED.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME AWAY
FROM HOME
♪ THEY CALL HIM LITTLE JUKE
BOX ♪
> WITHIN DAYS HE WAS DOING SIX
SHOWS A NIGHT AT THE FREE
MONTH HOTEL IN THE BAR.
PLAYING THERE HAD ITS RISKS
AND ITS REWARDS.
>> WE HAD EVERYTHING HAPPEN
FROM PEOPLE THROWING BEER
BOTTLES AT YOU AND THEN WE HAD
LADIES WHO WOULD DRINK TOO
MUCH AND THEN REVEAL
THEMSELVES.
THAT HAPPENED PRETTY
CONSTANTLY.
>> Reporter: BUT IT ALL LED TO
BIGGER THINGS.
NEWTON AND HIS BROTHER STARTED
PLAYING AT THE COPE A CABANA
IN NEW YORK WHERE WAYNE MET
BOBBY DARREN AND SUDDENLY
NOTHING WAS THE SAME.
BOBBY DARREN WAS AN
ESTABLISHED SUPER STAR WHOSE
RECORD COMPANY WANTED HIM TO
RECORD A NEW SONG.
BUT DARREN THOUGHT IT SHOULD
BE PERFORMED BY WAYNE NEWTON.
AS IF I DON'T KNOW, LET ME ASK
YOU, WHAT WAS THE SONG?
>> THE SONG WAS DANKESHEN.
>> Reporter: IT BECAME HIS
SIGNATURE SONG WHICH MAY HAVE
SURPRISED NEWTON.
>> IT WAS SO FOREIGN TO ME IN
THAT MY BACKGROUND WAS COUNTRY
MUSIC.
>> Reporter: I GET THE FEELING
YOU DIDN'T LOVE THE SONG.
>> I DIDN'T LOVE THE SONG, NO.
>> Reporter: THAT CHANGED
PRETTY QUICKLY.
HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU THINK
YOU'VE SUNG THAT SONG?
>> I WOULD GUESS PROBABLY
100,000 TIMES.
>> Reporter: THE SONG HAS BEEN
MIMICKED AND MOCKED FOR YEARS.
>> I THINK IT'S BEEN FEATURED
IN 22 MOTION PICTURES.
I JUST GOT A CHECK FROM
CAPITAL RECORDS LAST WEEK, IN
FACT.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE STILL