[2] In 1967 Mike was approached by Burt Bacharach to perform the vocal on the song Have No Fear, James Bond is Here - which was used for the credit-roll of the 1967 spoof film Casino Royale.

1 chart success in Germany with the single Du Kannst Nicht Immer Siebszehn ("You can't always be seventeen") which he co-wrote with Ralph Siegel, and which was sung by Chris Roberts.

[4] Mike also composed the music to the children's television show Charlie Chalk, which was produced by Woodland Animation and featured the voice of Michael Williams.

[7] For its second year of touring the show was renamed Right Place Wrong Time[8] In 2019 Mike was the driving force behind the launch of a website offering ready- made jingles to the advertising, TV and Media markets called Redrock Production Music.

He also wrote all the original songs used in Paul Dunn's[9] 2019 touring adaptation of Catherine Cookson's[citation needed] The Cinder Path,[10] produced by Leah Bell.