Mike Settle was born in Tulsa, OK on March 20, 1941. His first step into the musical waters came when he was in seventh or eighth grade and bought that magical four-stringed instrument popularized in Hawaii, an eight dollar and some odd change ukulele. The songwriter/singer told AMG "that was a lot of money to a kid at the time", funds that Settle had earned caddying for his dad and the senior Mr. Settle's golfing buddies. Michael learned how to play the instrument out of a book, but had been singing in front of relatives and people at school when he was in first and secon...