After a dry spell, Frank Sinatra’s 1970 album “Watertown” veered into a more contemporary, orchestrated pop sound that yielded few hits but has since been reappraised by critics.
- The album was Sinatra’s first new studio album in five years, recorded in March 1969 at Western Recorders in Los Angeles with producer Jay Senter.
- “Watertown” only reached number 100 on the Billboard 200 chart and failed to produce a Top 40 hit, leading Reprise Records to drop the album from its catalog in 1970.
- This album was Sinatra’s only release of the 1970s and was the last to feature his longtime arranger and conductor Don Costa.
Frank Sinatra was an American singer and actor, hailed as one of the greatest vocalists of all time, known for his musical arrangements and distinctive phrasing. "Watertown" was released late in his career, after a period of diminishing commercial success and a several-year hiatus from recording.
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