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Mike Settle
Tulsa, United States
Mike Settle is credited on 1,225 releases across 258 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,225
Credits
258
Albums
7
Decades active
180
In collections
Biography
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Mike Settle, (b. March 20, 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a songwriter, journalist, broadcaster and singer. He is most famous for being a member of the Rock band Kenny Rogers & 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 pop hit in 1969), as well as "It's Gonna Be Better", "The Last Few Threads Of Love" and "Goodtime Liberator", among many others.
Previous to this, Settle has been a solo singer and a member of the New Christy Minstrels. Today he works as a journalist and music critic.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,225 releases · 258 albums · active 1961–2026
- Performance · 1,848
- Other credits · 35
- Production · 10
Studios: Sound Labs, Hollywood · Columbia Recording Studios, Chicago · Ter Mar Studios · Columbia Studios, Hollywood
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Back Home Again
1974

9 To 5 And Odd Jobs
1980

Ten Years Of Gold
1977

Rhinestone Cowboy
1975

Greatest Hits
1971

(Moving)
1963

Greatest Hits
1982

Freakin' At The Freakers Ball
1972

Live
2002

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
1969

The First Edition
1967

Indian Reservation
1971

Palookaville
2004

Ultimate Dolly Parton
2003

Something's Burning
1970

Tall Dark Stranger
1969

Tell It All, Brother
1970

The Best There Is
1987

The Kenny Rogers Singles Album
1978

The Phoenix Concerts - Live
1974

Tell It All Brother / Just Remember You're My Sunshine
1970

Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
1970

He's Everywhere
1970

Country-Folk
1969
Frequent collaborators
- Kenny Rogers
- Various
- Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
- Dolly Parton
- The First Edition
- Roger Whittaker
- Esther & Abi Ofarim
- Kenny Rogers And The First Edition
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