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. For the first time since the chart was published, England played twice in one publication. So, when England lost to France and drew with Spain, Tony Bennett's Stranger In Paradise was the best selling single for the first week. When the chart of Friday, 13 May 1955 was published, there were eight surviving songs from the last chart when England played six weeks ago:-

1.	(2)	Stranger In Paradise - Tony Bennett (Philips)
2.	(1)	Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - Perez 'Prez' Prado & His Orchestra (HMV)
3.	(4)	Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - Eddie Calvert (Colombia)
4.	(5)	Earth Angel - The Crew Cuts (Mercury)
5.	(3)	Give Me Your Word - Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol)
6.	(=)	Softly Softly - Ruby Murray (Columbia)
7.	(=)	Stranger In Paradise - Tony Martin (HMV)
8.	(re)	If You Believe - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
9.	(8)	(I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells - Eddie Fisher (HMV)
10.	(12)	If Anyone Finds This I Love You - Ruby Murray with Anne Warren (Columbia)
11.		Unchained Melody - Al Hibbler (Brunswick)
12.	(11)	Under The Bridges Of Paris - Eartha Kitt (HMV)
13.	(14)	Unchained Melody - Jimmy Young (Decca)
14.	(9)	Ready, Willing And Able - Doris Day (Philips)
15.	(10)	Melody Of Love - Ink Spots (Parlophone)
16.	(=)	Prize Of Gold - Joan Regan (Decca)
17.		Unchained Melody - Les Baxter (Capitol)
18.	(13)	Under The Bridges of Paris - Dean Martin (Capitol)
19.		Stranger In Paradise - Eddie Calvert (Columbia)
20.	(15)	Serenade - Mario Lanza (HMV)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Doris Day and Frankie Laine, five, Guy Mitchell, two Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Lita Roza, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford and David Whitfield, one each