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286   Sunday, 16 May 1954
Yugoslavia 1 England 0 [0-0]
   
Match Summary
 
 The Top Twelve UK Music Chart by New Musical Express 
   

On Friday, 15 November 1952, The New Musical Express published the first ever singles chart in the UK. When England lost to Yugoslavia, Doris Day's Secret Love was the best selling single for the second week in a row (although its third week as number one). When the chart of Friday, 14 May 1954 was published, there were five surviving songs from the last chart when England played in six weeks ago:-

1. (=) Secret Love - Doris Day (Philips)
2. (=) Such A Night - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
3. (6) The Kid's Last Fight - Frankie Laine (Philips)
4. (3) The Happy Wanderer - Obernkirchen Children's Choir (Parlophone)
5. (=) I See The Moon - Stargazers (Decca)
6. (4) Changing Partners - Kay Starr (Capitol)
(re) Friends And Neighbours - Billy Cotton & His Band (Decca)
8. (9) Don't Laugh At Me ('Cause I'm A Fool) - Norman Wisdom (Colombia)
9. (re) A Dime And A Dollar - Guy Mitchell (Philips)
10. Someone Else's Roses - Joan Regan (Decca)
11. (10) Bell Bottom Blues - Alma Coogan (HMV)
  The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart - Max Bygraves (HMV)
 
♪Most weeks at number one when England played:
Frankie Laine, five, Guy Mitchell, two
Doris Day, Al Martino, Lita Roza, Stargazers and David Whitfield, one each

 
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