Ben: Written by Don Black and Walter Scharf Performer: Michael Jackson Label: Motown Year: 1972 Originally written for Donny Osmond, Ben, was offered to Jackson as Osmond was unavailable for recording. Theme song for a 1972 film of the same name (the sequel to the 1971 killer rat movie Willard), spent one week at #1 of the U.S. pop chart. The song became the first of 19 number-one pop hits for Jackson in the his first number-one as a solo artist. Ben won a Golden Globe for Best Song an
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