Mike Silver is a UK folk and soft rock singer-songwriter from Oxfordshire, born in 1945. He signs to Rocket Records in 1973, the label founded by Elton John, and is based in the United States for a period while touring there with artists including Dory Previn and Ashford & Simpson.

Silver writes and performs songs across different guitar and musical styles, and his work receives recognition from musicians such as Ray Thomas and Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues. They record his song “Maybe It’s Just Love” on Justin Hayward’s solo album Night Flight. His songs also circulate widely in clubs and at festivals across the UK and Europe, where other performers sing them.

He is also known as a guitarist with a precise, dexterous style and a clear voice. His arrangements of other writers’ songs are noted for being distinctive and for making the material his own. He is described as an engaging live performer who draws audience participation into his sets.

During his time with Rocket Records, Silver has a chance meeting with John Lennon, and their conversation centres on Liverpool FC, a club both support from childhood. The artist name Daylight also appears in connection with him.