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LAS VEGAS Wayne Newton is telling fans Danke schoen after 50 years in Las Vegas and hinting that his latest run could be his last But the singer synonymous with Sin City says he s leaving himself an orifice in character he wants to perform after April lt p gt lt p gt The man known throughout the universe as Mr Las Vegas says retirement is possible but that decision won t hinge on the winner of his new evidence that opened Wednesday night at the Tropicana Las Vegas hotel casino on the Las Vegas Strip lt p gt lt p gt Instead he says it depends on whether his itch to continue working conflicts with his hope to spend more t

me with his 7 year old daughter lt p gt lt p gt I m enjoying my second daughter in a way that I didn t get a risk to do the first time around Newton 67 told The Associated Press on Wednesday The determination that I make whether or not to perform or retire will pretty much be based on that lt p gt lt p gt Newton brought his second grader home Wednesday night before heading to the Tropicana for the opening night of his latest show Once Before I Go lt p gt lt p gt The show which Newton says took 2 1 2 months to write is presented as a live memoir of Newton s life and his career with never before shared insights from N about personal episodes along the way lt p gt lt p gt It s challenging to keep it entertaining Newton said And that was my first prerequisite lt p gt lt p gt Wednesday night Newton told stories about Dean Martin failing to practice for a TV duet Elvis Presley writing a line that inspired the lyrics for The Letter and Bobby Darin fighting a publisher to let Newton record his signature tune Danke Schoen lt p gt lt p gt Newton told the crowd that it was bad for him to pick highlight songs from a career that includes 165 records lt p gt lt p gt It would be impossible for me to pick songs from all of them yet if I remembered them which I don t Newton quipped lt p gt lt p gt Newton arrived in Las Vegas in 1959 when a two week tryout at the Fremont Hotel amp Casino turned into lounge act of six shows per night six nights a week for nearly a year The crooner earned national fame after a 1962 television appearance on The Jackie Gleason Show which led to many more singing and playing gigs on TV and in film lt p gt lt p gt He also headlined at several casinos throughout Sin City including the New Frontier which hosted entertainers including Elvis Presley Ronald Reagan and Siegfried amp Roy over its 65 years The casino was imploded in 2007 lt p gt lt p gt I ve been running since I was four Newton said There really has not been a sentence in my lifetime that I don t remember working lt p gt lt p gt Newton said writing Once Before I Go has taken a cost on him and will likely be emotional to perform nightly lt p gt lt p gt If I still feel like I get something to return when this particular point is over then I ll do the determination to probably curtail work a little bit but not make it up totally he told the AP If I don t feel that way at the end of this then I ll probably hang it up