Career
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 Europe, as well as being a hit for Judy Collins (1967). While he was with the group he composed a number of songs, including "But You Know I Love You" (a popular hit in 1969), as well as "lieutenant"s Gonna Be Better", "The Last Few Threads Of Love" and "Goodtime Liberator", among many others He also contributed three songs to the soundtrack of the 1971 cult classic movie Vanishing Point.
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 Post Sugar Crisp cereal boxes: "You Are The One" by the Sugar Bears, a studio project involving Settle, producer Jimmy Bowen, Kim Carnes, Baker Knight, 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 #51 on the Billboard popular chart in April 1972. In addition to his own album releases, Settle was credited over the years variously as a producer, arranger, vocalist, and musician on albums by Kim Carnes, John Stewart, Glenn Yarbrough, and the Kingston Trio.
Today he works as a journalist and music critic in Nashville. at Prague Frank"s Country Music Discographies.