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 Denmark, Slim Whitman's Rose Marie was the best selling single for the tenth week in-a-row. When the chart of Friday, 30 September 1955 was published, there were no surviving songs from the last chart when England played 19 weeks ago:-

1.	(=)	Rose Marie - Slim Whitman (London)
2.	(4)	Cool Water - Frankie Laine With The Mellomen (Philips)
3.	(2)	Learnin' The Blues - Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
4.	(3)	Ev'rywhere - David Whitfield (Decca)
5.	(6)	The Man From Laramie - Jimmy Young (Decca)
6.	(10)	Close The Door - Stargazers (Decca)
7.	(=)	The Breeze and I - Caterina Valente (Polydor)
8.	(5)	Evermore - Ruby Murray (Columbia)
9.	(16)	Blue Star (The Medic Theme) - Cyril Stapleton Orchestra with Julie Dawn (Decca)
10.	(9)	Strange Lady In Town - Frankie Laine (Philips)
11.	(12)	Indian Love Call - Slim Whitman (London)
12.	(11)	John And Julie - Eddie Calvert (Columbia)
13.	(=)	Every Day Of My Life - Malcolm Vaughan (HMV)
14.	(8)	Love Me Or Leave Me - Sammy Davis Jr (Brunswick)
15.	(14)	Stars Shine In Your Eyes - Ronnie Hilton (HMV)
16.		That Old Black Magic - Sammy Davis Jr (Brunswick)
17.		Hey There - Rosemary Clooney (Philips)
18.	(15)	China Doll - Slim Whitman (London)
19.	(18)	That's How A Love Song Was Born - Ray Burns With The Coronets (Columbia)
20.	(19)	The Man From Laramie - Al Martino (Capitol)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Doris Day and Frankie Laine, five, Tony Bennett and Guy Mitchell, two Rosemary Clooney, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Lita Roza, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, David Whitfield and Slim Whitman, one each