BEN

By Michael Jackson
Released August 1972

REVIEW

Michael Jackson stunned everyone by scoring a huge hit with a song about a rat on this 1972 release. He was just beginning to make his way outside the family unit, and the single actually did better on the pop side than on the R&B charts, topping the pop list but peaking at number five on the R&B survey. The remainder of the album was good to above-average pop, establishing for any doubters that Jackson was going to succeed, indeed thrive, on his own. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

 

TRACKS

1	Ben	Scharf/Black	2:44
2	Greatest Show on Earth	Larson/Marcellino	2:48
3	People Make the World Go Round	Bell/Creed	3:15
4	We've Got a Good Thing Going	Gordy/Mizell/Perren	2:59
5	Everybody's Somebody's Fool	Hampton/Adams	2:59
6	My Girl	Robinson/White	3:08
7	What Goes Around Comes Around		3:33
8	In Our Small Way	Verdi/Yarian	3:39
9	Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day	Cosby/Moy/Wonder	3:21
10	You Can Cry on My Shoulder	Gordy	2:39

PERFORMERS

Vocals

Michael Jackson