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 drew with Scotland, Winifred Atwell's The Poor People of Paris was the best selling single. When the chart of Friday, 13 April 1956 was published, the first to feature thirty, there were no surviving songs from the last chart when England played 19 weeks ago:-

1.	(2)	The Poor People Of Paris - Winifred Atwell (Decca)
2.	(1)	It's Almost Tomorrow - Dreamweavers (Brunswick)
3.	(=)	Rock And Roll Waltz - Kay Starr (HMV)
4.	(=)	Only You - Hilltoppers (London)
5.	(6)	Zambesi - Lou Busch (Capitol)
6.	(5)	Memories Are Made Of This - Dave King with The Keynotes (Decca)
7.	(8)	Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin (Capitol)
8.	(7)	See You Later Alligator - Bill Haley and His Comets (Brunswick)
9.	(11)	Theme From 'The Threepenny Opera' - Dick Hyman Trio (MGM)
10.	(9)	The Great Pretender - Jimmy Parkinson (Colombia)
11.	(16)	My September Love - David Whitfield (Decca)
12.	(=)	Theme From 'The Threepenny Opera' - Billy Vaughn (London)
13.	(17)	Willie Can - Alma Cogan (HMV)
14.	(13)	Zambesi - Eddie Calvert (Colombia)
15.	(10)	Chain Gang - Jimmy Young (Decca)
16.	(re)	Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan (Decca)
17.	(13)	Band Of Gold - Don Cherry (Philips)
18.		A Tear Fell - Teresa Brewer (Vogue Coral)
19.		I'm A Fool - Slim Whitman (London)
20.	(15)	Jimmy Unknown - Lita Roza (Decca)
21.	(19)	The Trouble With Harry - Alfi and Harry (London)
22.		No Other Love - The Johnston Brothers (Decca)
23.	(18)	The Italian Theme - Cyril Stapleton (Decca)
24.		Seven Days - Anne Shelton (Philips)
25.		You Can't Be True To Two - Dave King with The Keynotes (Decca)
26.	(20)	Pickin' A Chicken - Eve Boswell (Parlophone)
27.		A Theme From 'The Threepenny Opera' (Mack The Knife) - Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars (Philips)
28.	(re)	Young and Foolish - Edmund Hockridge (Nixa)
29.		Come Next Spring - Tony Bennett (Philips)
30.		Willie Can - The Beverley Sisters (Decca)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Doris Day and Frankie Laine, five, Tony Bennett, Guy Mitchell and Jimmy Young, two Winifred Atwell, Rosemary Clooney, Bill Haley, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Lita Roza, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, David Whitfield and Slim Whitman, one each