On this date in 1972, MICHAEL JACKSON went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "BEN" (Oct 14, 1972). The journey of "Ben" from a horror film soundtrack to the pinnacle of the pop charts is a tale as peculiar as it is fascinating. Penned by Don Black and Walter Scharf for the 1972 film of the same name, the song's tender lyrics belie its origins as a paean to a murderous rat. "Ben" was a sequel to "Willard", a 1971 film about a social misfit who trains rats to do his bidding, with lethal conse
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On this date in 1972, MICHAEL JACKSON went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "BEN" (Oct 14, 1972). The journey of "Ben" from a horror film soundtrack to the pinnacle of the pop charts is a tale as peculiar as it is fascinating. Penned by Don Black and Walter Scharf for the 1972 film of the same name, the song's tender lyrics belie its origins as a paean to a murderous rat. "Ben" was a sequel to "Willard", a 1971 film about a social misfit who trains rats to do his bidding, with lethal conse
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