David Cassidy was the world's highest paid live entertainer, and his official fan club was the largest in pop history -- exceeding Elvis Presley and The Beatles. His first No1 single sold 5 million. He broke The Rolling Stones' record for the number of consecutive shows at Wembley. He did between 6 and 8 sold out shows there. The Stones were only able to do 5. He won Best All Around Performer and Best Singer awards for his 3 year stint at the MGM in Las Vegas for EFX. He won the Entertainer Of The Year and Show Star Of The Year awards. 1970 sold more records than the Beatles and Elvis. Total Worldwide sales 50 million. #StyleRecordGroup
In 1972 "How Can I Be Sure" was recorded for the album Rock Me Baby by David Cassidy (David Cassidy quote:) "Eddie Brigati and Felix Cavaliere [were] two of the great musical influences of my teenage years [when] I thought [the Rascals] were just about the best American pop band...[That song] brought back so many memories of that [time] for me." (Another Rascals' hit: the Cavaliere/ Brigati composition "I've Been Lonely Too Long", was also remade by Cassidy for Rock Me Baby: concurrent with the album's recording Cassidy's producer Wes Farrell would acquire ownership of the entire Rascals song catalogue). Released as the album's first single, "How Can I Be Sure" became the second of Cassidy's three Top 30 solo hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with a peak of #25, Cassidy's third Top 30 hit (and fifth and final Top 40 hit) being " "Lyin' to Myself" eighteen years later in 1990. On the Billboard Easy Listening chart "How Can I Be Sure" peaked at #3.
In the British Isles "How Can I Be Sure" would afford Cassidy a #1 hit on both the Irish Singles Chart and also (for two weeks) the singles chart for the UK, being the second of Cassidy's overall 11 UK chart hits six of which would reach the Top Ten including his second #1 UK hit: the double A-side hit "Daydreamer"/"The Puppy Song" (#1 for three weeks in 1973). "How Can I Be Sure" also charted with more moderate impact in Australia (#16), Canada (#22), Germany (#33), and the Netherlands (#13).
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