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==Early years==
Newton was born Carson Wayne Newton<ref name="OhioBio">{{cite web| title=Carson Wayne Newton| url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Carson_W._Newton| website=Ohio History Central| access-date=26 December 2017| df=mdy-all}}</ref> born in [[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke]], [[Virginia]] to Patrick Newton (1915-1990), an auto mechanic, and his wife, Evelyn Marie Smith (1921–1985).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/69/Wayne-Newton.html |title=Wayne Newton Biography (1942–) |website=Filmreference.com |access-date=2011-02-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800112485/bio|title=Wayne Newton Biography|website=[[Yahoo! Movies]]|access-date=2010-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/91913494.html|title=An interview with Wayne Newton|date=2010-04-26|author=Schilling, Vincent|work=[[Indian Country Today]]|access-date=2010-05-05}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He is of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and German ancestry. He believes he has some Native American ancestry (specifically, that his mother had some distant [[Cherokee]] and his father [[Powhatan]] heritage), but is not claimed or recognized by any tribe. His father served in the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]], Newton spent his early years in [[Fredericksburg, Virginia]], learning the piano, guitar, and steel guitar at age six.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/31/AR2006073101297.html|title=For Wayne Newton, It's Viva Virginia|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2006-08-01|author=Quinlan, Adriane|access-date=2010-05-05}}</ref> He has [[perfect pitch]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYIBje0r7IA|title=Wayne Newton on Las Vegas residency, why he won't do karaoke|publisher=TODAY, via YouTube|date=29 August 2023|accessdate=21 November 2023}}</ref> He performed in a local music radio show, playing steel guitar and singing country music, before school.<ref name="AZCentral" /> On the weekends, he performed in a traveling road show of the ''[[Grand Ole Opry]]''.<ref name="Esquire" />
While he was a child, his family moved near [[Newark, Ohio]]. He began singing in local clubs, theaters, and fairs with his older brother, [[Jerry Newton|Jerry]]. Due to Newton's severe asthma, his family moved to [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] in 1952, at his doctor's suggestion.<ref name="OhioBio"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.biography.com/people/wayne-newton-9542098#synopsis | website=Biography.com | title=Wayne Newton Biography | access-date=September 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204214755/http://www.biography.com/people/wayne-newton-9542098 | archive-date=December 4, 2013}}</ref><ref name="SuperPics">{{cite web|title=Wayne Newton / Biography|url=http://www.superiorpics.com/wayne_newton/|website=superiorpics.com|access-date=26 December 2017|quote=A graduate of North High School, Newton flew his senior class and their spouses and partners to Las Vegas ... in 1979 for the 20th anniversary of his class reunion.}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Soon after arriving in Phoenix, the brothers performed in a local television talent show ''Lew King Rangers'' and won.<ref name="AZCentral" /> A a result, the owner of [[KSAZ-TV|KOOL-TV]], Tom Chauncey, who also televised the talent show, gave the brothers their own television show, ''Rascals in Rhythm'' and served as a mentor to them.<ref name="AZCentral" /> The brothers, as the Rascals in Rhythm, appeared with the [[Grand Ole Opry]] roadshows and on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC-TV]]'s ''[[Ozark Jubilee]]''; performed in front of then-president [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Music Begins! A Look at Wayne Newton's Early Musical Career| url=http://casadeshenandoah.com/news_events/the-music-begins-a-look-at-wayne-newtons-early-musical-career/| website=Casa de Shenandoah|access-date=26 December 2017|date=15 March 2016|quote=The duo was known as ''Rascals in Rhythm'', and even performed in front of then President Dwight D. Eisenhower at a USO show}}</ref> and auditioned unsuccessfully for [[Ted Mack (radio-TV host)|Ted Mack's]] ''[[Original Amateur Hour]]''.
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