On Friday, 15 November 1952, The
New Musical Express
published the first ever singles chart in the UK.
When England beat the
Wales, Guy Mitchell's Look At That Girl was the best selling single for the
fifth week in a row. When the chart of Friday, 16 October 1953 was
published, there were four surviving songs from the last chart when England played
in June:-
1. |
(=) |
Look At
That Girl
-
Guy
Mitchell (Philips) |
2. |
(3) |
I Believe
-
Frankie
Laine (Philips) |
3. |
(2) |
Where The Winds Blow
-
Frankie
Laine (Philips) |
4. |
(=) |
Let's Walk That-A-Way
-
Doris Day and Johnnie Ray (Philips) |
5. |
(=) |
Terry's Theme From 'Limelight'
-
Frank
Chacksfield (Decca) |
6. |
(10) |
Can't I?
- Nat King Cole (Capitol) |
7. |
(6) |
The Song From The Moulin Rouge
-
Mantovani (Decca) |
8. |
(7) |
Kiss
-
Dean Martin (Capitol) |
9. |
(12) |
Mother Nature And Father Time
- Nat King Cole (Capitol) |
10. |
(re) |
Flirtation Waltz
-
Winifred Atwell (Decca) |
11. |
(8) |
Terry's Theme From 'Limelight'
-
Ron Goodwin (Parlophone) |
12. |
(11) |
Eternally
- Jimmy Young (Decca) |
|
♪Most weeks at number one when England
played: Frankie Laine,
four, Guy Mitchell, two, Al Martino and Lita Roza, one each |
|