Comments on: Frank Sinatra’s ‘Watertown’ Album–A Bob Gaudio Masterpiece!

By: John Brown

John Brown — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:28:46 +0000

Come to my website for a deeper study of the Watertown album.

By: David Cace

David Cace — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:55:37 +0000

There had been some talk about Bob Gaudio writing an album for Frank Sinatra, first as I recall in Ed Sullivan’s column in the New York Daily News, and later when Frankie Valli mentioned it in one of his appearances on the Mike Douglas TV show in late summer of 1969.

The next time I heard anything about the album was at one of the 4 Seasons Holiday shows that year at the Empire Room at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, where they performed nightly for a week or so with a full orchestra, when Frankie sang “Michael and Peter.” I knew then that the album was going to be something special. And it was…and still is – probably more relevant in today’s world as single Dads were really unheard of in 1969/70, although one of my best friends lived with his sister and their dad and their mother had remarried.

This is a very special album and I highly recommend it. One needs to devote about 30 minutes of time to listen to the entire album/story, sung very emotionally by Sinatra, to beautiful arrangements. In additioan to “Michael and Peter” my favorites are “What’s Now is Now,” “I Would be in Love Anyway” and “Elizabeth.”

By: Ray Ricci

Ray Ricci — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:58:10 +0000

It’s great to hear positive reviews on “Watertown” after all these years. I’m convinced that had it been written by any other young songwriter it would have received more attention.

I do remember that in a TV tribute special for Liz Taylor, Roddy McDowall sang a song to her from that lp. (Elizabeth)

I think that in the future some singer should cover the Watertown lp as a project. I’m convinced it will breath new life into it just as Jersey Boys did for The Four Seasons.

By: David Cace

David Cace — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:47:17 +0000

An exellent podcast and very much worth the 20 or so minutes of time it takes to listen to it. It also includes the right amount of cuts from the “Watertown” album to get the speaker’s points across. “Watertown” is really a gem and was way ahead of its time.

Really looking forward to hearing Mr. Noe’s upcoming interview with Charlie Calello.