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 West Germany, Rosemary Clooney's This Ole House was the best selling single. When the chart of Friday, 26 November 1954 was published, there were thirteen surviving songs from the last chart when England played three weeks ago:-

1.	(2)	This 'Ole House - Rosemary Clooney (Phillips)
2.	(1)	My Son My Son - Vera Lynn (Decca)
3.	(4)	If I Give My Heart To You - Joan Regan (Decca)
4.	(1)	Hold My Hand - Don Cornell (Vogue)
5.	(7)	Smile - Nat 'King' Cole (Capitol)
6.	(11)	Santo Natale - David Whitfield (Decca)
7.	(9)	No One But You - Billy Eckstine (MGM)
8.	(6)	This 'Ole House - Billie Anthony (Colombia)
9.		Lets Have Another Party - Winifred Atwell (Philips)
10.	(=)	Rain Rain Rain - Frankie Laine & The Four Lads (Philips)
11.	(5)	If I Give My Heart To You - Doris Day With The Mellomen (Philips)
12.	(8)	Cara Mia - David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra (Decca)
13.	(=)	There Must Be A Reason - Frankie Laine (Philips)
14.	(12)	Little Things Mean A Lot - Kity Kallen (Brunswick)
	(16)	I Need You Now - Eddie Fisher (HMV)
	(re)	Lets Have A Party - Winifred Atwell (Philips)
17.		I Still Believe - Ronnie Hilton (HMV)
18.	(17)	Sh-Boom - The Crew Cuts (Mercury)
19.	(15)	Sh-Boom - Stan Freberg With The Toads (Capitol)
20	(19)	How Do You Speak To An Angel - Dean Martin (Capitol)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Doris Day and Frankie Laine, five, Guy Mitchell, two Rosemary Clooney, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Lita Roza, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers and David Whitfield, one each