On Friday, 15 November 1952, The New Musical Express published the first ever singles chart in the UK, comprising the twelve highest selling singles of the week, it increased to twenty on Friday, 1 October 1954. When England beat Wales, Vera Lynn's My Son My Son was the best selling single. When the chart of Friday, 5 November 1954 was published, there were twelve surviving songs from the last chart when England played five weeks ago:-

1.	(2)	My Son My Son - Vera Lynn (Decca)
2.	(5)	This 'Ole House - Rosemary Clooney (Phillips)
3.	(1)	Hold My Hand - Don Cornell (Vogue)
4.	(3)	Smile - Nat 'King' Cole (Capitol)
5.	(6)	If I Give My Heart To You - Doris Day With The Mellomen (Philips)
6.	(4)	This 'Ole House - Billie Anthony (Colombia)
7.	(=)	My Friend - Frankie Laine (Philips)
8.	(10)	If I Give My Heart To You - Joan Regan (Decca)
	(=)	Rain Rain Rain - Frankie Laine & The Four Lads (Philips)
10.	(12)	Three Coins In A Fountain - Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
	(9)	Little Things Mean A Lot - Kity Kallen (Brunswick)
12.	(11)	There Must Be A Reason - Frankie Laine (Philips)
13.	(=)	Cara Mia - David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra (Decca)
14.	(16)	Sh-Boom - The Crew Cuts (Mercury)
15.	(14)	Sway - Dean Martin (Capitol)
16.	(17)	I Need You Now - Eddie Fisher (HMV)
17.	(15)	The Story Of Tina - Al Martino (Capitol)
18.	(re)	Wait For Me Darling - Joan Regan & The Johnston Brothers (Decca)
19.		Endless - Dickie Valentine (Capitol)
20.		Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea - Max Bygraves (HMV)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Doris Day and Frankie Laine, five, Guy Mitchell, two Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Lita Roza, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers and David Whitfield, one each