Michael Ward Settle (born March 20, 1941) is an American songwriter, journalist, broadcaster, and singer. Settle began his musical career as a solo singer and a member of

The New Christy Minstrels The New Christy Minstrels are an American large-ensemble folk music group founded by Randy Sparks in 1961. The group has recorded more than 20 albums and scored several hits, including "Green, Green (song), Green, Green", "Saturday Night", "Tod ...

. His debut solo album ''Folk Sing Hallelujah'' (1961) as Mike Settle and the Settlers, received good reviews and the title track " Sing Hallelujah" was covered on singles by several artists in

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, and a hit song for

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(1967). His song "Settle Down (Goin' Down That Highway)" was recorded by

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on their 1963 album, ''Moving'' and was its second single. Settle is best known as a member of Kenny Rogers and The First Edition between 1967 and 1970. While he was with the group he composed a number of songs including " But You Know I Love You" (a No. 19 pop hit in 1969), as well as "It's Gonna Be Better", "The Last Few Threads Of Love" and "Goodtime Liberator", among many others. He was later a member of the group Running Bear and Goldstein which recorded the original song "Rings", popularized by

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(1971) and Lobo (1974). He also contributed three songs to the soundtrack of the 1971 cult classic movie ''

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''. In 1971, Settle sang lead on a song which was distributed as a cardboard cut-out record (version #2) attached to the back of hundreds of thousands

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Sugar Crisp cereal boxes: "You Are The One" by the Sugar Bears, a studio project involving Settle, producer Jimmy Bowen,

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, and others. An album, ''Presenting the Sugar Bears'', and three singles were released on Big Tree Records, with "You Are The One" eventually peaking at No. 51 on the

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pop chart in April 1972. Settle was credited over the years variously as a producer, arranger, vocalist, and musician on albums by

, John Stewart, Glenn Yarbrough, and

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Discography

*''Folk Sing Hallelujah'' (1961) (as Mike Settle and the Settlers, Folk Sing FLP 10001) *''Pastures Of Plenty'' (1963) (Folk Sing FLS-31002) *''The Mike Settle Shindig'' (1965) (as The Mike Settle Shindig,

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RS-6149) *''Mike Settle'' (1971) ( UNI 73123) *''Seven by Mike Settle/Eight by Dick Weissman'' (197?) ( The Richmond Organization 12-01, publisher's promo album)

References

External resources

Mike Settle at AllMusic.com
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