Michael Jackson - Ben | Evolution | 1972 - 1981

#MichaelJackson #Ben #MJEvolution _________________________________________________________________ ARTIST : Michael Jackson _________________________________________________________________ WRITTEN BY : Don Black & Walter Scharf _________________________________________________________________ PRODUCERS : The Corporation _________________________________________________________________ RECORDED : 1972 _________________________________________________________________ ALBUM : Ben (1972) _________________________________________________________________ LABEL : Motown Records _________________________________________________________________ “Ben” is a song lyrically written by Don Black (music by Walter Scharf) about the subject – a boy and his pet rat – of the 1972 film Ben for its soundtrack. It was originally intended for Donny Osmond, but since he was on tour at the time the song was instead recorded by a 14 year old Michael Jackson, only a few months older than Osmond. It was the first of many solo #1 songs for the future King of Pop – and his second album was entitled after the song. It became the only single to come from that album. “Ben” won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and lost in the same category at the 1973 Oscars – a ceremony Jackson performed the song at. It became a live favorite early in Jackson’s career, and a rendition was included on his compilation album Number Ones. _________________________________________________________________ Osmond would later be quoted in the Huffington Post about the song: ~ Well, [interestingly] ”Ben” was written for me. Michael and I would talk about this all the time. It’s funny, because we eventually ended up laughing at this one. I will never forget, we stayed up to like two in the morning, laughing about the fact that I had a hit about a puppy and he had a hit about a rat. ~ _________________________________________________________________ What have the artists said about the song? At his 2007 induction in the Songwriters Hall Of Fame, songwriter Don Black said of “Ben”: ~ When it came to writing about a rat, I said, ‘You can’t write about a rat.’ I mean, I’m not going to use words like ‘cheese.’ I thought the best thing to do is write about friendship. ~ _________________________________________________________________ INFROMATION BY : https://genius.com/Michael-jackson-ben-lyrics _________________________________________________________________ TWITTER PAGE : https://twitter.com/mjjuouttakes _________________________________________________________________ FACEBOOK PAGE : https://www.facebook.com/MJJUOuttakesSongs/ _________________________________________________________________ INSTAGRAM PAGE : https://www.instagram.com/mjjouttakes/ _________________________________________________________________ © MJJ Productions Inc. No Copyright Infringements Intended. All rights reserved to Sony Music Entertainment & MJJ Productions Inc. All rights belong to Sony Music & The Estate Of Michael Jackson. _________________________________________________________________ I DO NOT OWN THIS MUSIC!!!