Ben
LP by Michael Jackson
Released	August 4, 1972
Recorded	1972
Genre	Bubblegum pop/Soul
Length	??
Label	Motown
Producer(s)	Hal Davis
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Michael Jackson chronology
Got to Be There (1971)	Ben (1972)	Music and Me (1973)

Ben was the second full-length solo album by teenage pop-soul music phenomenon Michael Jackson. Released in August 1972, seven months after his auspicious debut as a soloist, Got to Be There, the album showcased a Jackson in vocal and artistic growth. A number of the songs on the album are ballads, a genre which was rare in the main Jackson 5 repertoire, but would become a staple of Michael Jackson's over the course of his four-decade solo career. For other people with the same name, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation) Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958), sometimes referred to as The King of Pop or Wacko Jacko, is an American musician and entertainer whose successful music career and controversial personal life have been at the forefront of pop... Got to Be There was the solo debut album by a then-adolescent Michael Jackson which was released as an album in January, 1972. ... Music and Me was the third solo release by pop singer Michael Jackson. ... A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... For Popular music (music that is popular, rather than of a specific genre or style), see Popular music. ... Soul music is a combination of rhythm and blues and gospel which began in the late 1950s in the United States. ... For other people with the same name, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation) Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958), sometimes referred to as The King of Pop or Wacko Jacko, is an American musician and entertainer whose successful music career and controversial personal life have been at the forefront of pop... August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Got to Be There was the solo debut album by a then-adolescent Michael Jackson which was released as an album in January, 1972. ... The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, abbreviated as J5, and later known simply as The Jacksons) was an American popular music quintet from Gary, Indiana. ...

The album's title track helped separate Jackson from his family and his pop music contemporaries convincing an audience he could belt out a ballad, even though the song was dedicated to a killer rat, that was eulogized in the 1972 film that gives the album its name. However, no one noticed, as the song became the first of Jackson's thirteen #1 solo hit singles, and garnered both a Golden Globe award win and an Academy Award nomination. The album peaked at #5 Pop and #4 R&B upon its release. Ben was a number-one hit recording by teenaged Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1972. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Academy Awards The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ...

Track listing

1. "Ben" (Black/Scharf)
2. "The Greatest Show on Earth" (Larson/Marcellino)
3. "People Make the World Go Round" (Bell/Creed)
4. "We've Got a Good Thing Going" (Holland/Holland)
5. "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" (Adams/Hampton)
6. "My Girl" (Robinson/White)
7. "What Goes Around Comes Around"
8. "In Our Small Way" (Yerdi/Yarian)
9. "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" (Cosby/Moy/Wonder)
10. "You Can Cry On My Shoulder" (Gordy)
11. "The Wheels on da Bus go 'Round 'n' 'Round" (live version)

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Charted Hit

• "Ben" - #1 Pop Singles Chart; #5 Soul Singles Chart