The Jacksons - Ben - (Triumph Tour Live Memphis) [1981]

Mid-South Coliseum Stadium [July 8, 1981] #TriumphWorldTour #TheJacksonsFOREVER #MJJFOREVER _________________________________________________________________ CREDIT : Anderson - _________________________________________________________________ “BEN“ [STORY] : 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