Michael was 14 years old when Ben hit #1 on the charts on October 14, 1972.
"I Want You Back" from his Jackson 5 days.
Ben is a rat from a movie of the same name, he wasn't Michael's pet/friend.
Ben was Michaels first solo song
One Day In Your Life, music written by Samm Brown III, Lyric by Renee Armand, Produced & Arranged by Samm Brown III. It was number one in the UK for 2 weeks in June 1981, succeeding Being With You by Smokey Robinson. It went on to become the 7th best-selling single of 1981 in the UK.
Michael Jackson's first number 1 single as a solo artist was "Ben" in 1972. He was still part of the Jackson 5, but also released several solo singles during that time.
If you're talking about his first single to reach the top ten, then that would be "Got To Be There" which reached #4, but if you're talking about his first number one, then that would be "Ben".
Ben.
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yes it was number one in the US
His first solo number one was in 1972 with the song Ben.
Michael Ben-Yair was born in 1942.
Michael Ben-Ari was born on 1963-10-12.