On Friday, 15 November 1952, The New Musical Express published the first ever singles chart in the UK. When England beat the United States, Frankie Laine's I Believe was the best selling single for the fourth week in a row. When the chart of Friday, 5 June 1953 was published, there were twelve surviving songs from the last chart when England played last Sunday:-

1.	(=)	I Believe - Frankie Laine (Philips)
2.	(3)	Terry's Theme From 'Limelight' - Frank Chacksfield (Decca)
3.	(4)	Downhearted - Eddie Fisher (HMV)
	(8)	In A Golden Coach (There's A Heart Of Gold) - Billy Cotton & His Band (Decca)
4.	(6)	Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me - Muriel Smith (Philips)
	(2)	Pretend - Nat 'King' Cole (Capitol)
5.	(12)	Coronation Rag - Winifred Atwell (Decca)
6.	(7)	I'm Walking Behind You - Eddie Fisher with Sally Sweetland (HMV)
7.		In A Golden Coach (There's A Heart Of Gold) - Dickie Valentine (Decca)
8.	(10)	The Song From The Moulin Rouge - Mantovani (Decca)
9.	(5)	Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie - Guy Mitchell (Colombia)
10.	(11)	Terry's Theme From 'Limelight' - Ron Goodwin (Parlophone)
11.	(9)	Tell Me A Story - Jimmy Boyd & Frankie Laine (Philips)
12.		The Windsor Waltz - Vera Lynn (Decca)
		I'm Walking Behind You - Dorothy Squires (Polygon)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Frankie Laine, four Al Martino and Lita Roza, one each