- Successfully sued Rod Stewart for plagiarizing his song "Taj Mahal" as "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?".
- His music style mix samba, funk, rock, pop, maracatu, bossa nova, rap and samba-rock.
- In 1989 changed his name Jorge Ben to Jorge Ben Jor, after one of his royalty payments was mistakenly sent to American singer George Benson.
- Fascinated by Christian mysticism (Ben's grandfather was a member of the Rosicrucian Order), hermetic alchemy, and numerology, with references to these themes occurring in numerous songs.
- He is one of two people who reside in the famous Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- The reason he always appear wearing sunglasses comes from a condition named Photophobia, a sensitivity to light.
- Mentioned in the song "Fora da Ordem" by Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso.
- One of the many personalities mentioned in Luís Carlos Miele's rap song "Melô do Tagarela".
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