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, and thirty on Friday, 13 April 1956. When England beat Brazil, Ronnie Hilton's No Other Love was the best selling single. When the chart of Friday, 4 May 1956 was published, there were nineteen surviving songs from the last chart when England played three weeks ago:-

1.	(4)	No Other Love - Ronnie Hilton (HMV)
2.	(1)	The Poor People Of Paris - Winifred Atwell (Decca)
3.	(2)	It's Almost Tomorrow - Dreamweavers (Brunswick)
4.	(3)	Rock And Roll Waltz - Kay Starr (HMV)
5.	(=)	Only You - Hilltoppers (London)
6.	(8)	A Tear Fell - Teresa Brewer (Vogue Coral)
7.	(9)	My September Love - David Whitfield (Decca)
8.	(14)	A Theme From 'The Threepenny Opera' (Mack The Knife) - Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars (Philips)
9.	(24)	Main Title Theme From 'Man With The Golden Arm' - Billy May (Capitol)
10.	(11)	See You Later Alligator - Bill Haley and His Comets (Brunswick)
11.	(13)	You Can't Be True To Two - Dave King with The Keynotes (Decca)
12.	(16)	Lost John/Stewball - Lonnie Donegan (Pye Nixa)
13.	(10)	Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin (Capitol)
14.	(19)	I'll Be Home - Pat Boone (London)
15.	(6)	Memories Are Made Of This - Dave King with The Keynotes (Decca)
16.	(7)	Zambesi - Lou Busch (Capitol)
17.	(15)	Willie Can - Alma Cogan (HMV)
18.	(17)	Ain't Misbehavin' - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
19.	(12)	Theme From 'The Threepenny Opera' - Dick Hyman Trio (MGM)
20.	(18)	The Great Pretender - Jimmy Parkinson (Colombia)
21.	(27)	Innamorata - Dean Martin (Capitol)
22.	(30)	Juke Box Baby - Perry Como (HMV)
23.	(30)	Nothin' To Do - Michael Holliday (Columbia)
24.	(29)	Mountain Greenery - Mel Torme (Vogue Coral)
25.	(28)	Theme From 'The Threepenny Opera' - Billy Vaughn (London)
26.	(re)	Young and Foolish - Edmund Hockridge (Nixa)
27.	(23)	Willie Can - The Beverley Sisters (Decca)
28.		Hell Hath No Fury - Frankie Laine (Philips)
29.	(22)	In A Little Spanish Town - Bing Crosby (Brunswick)
30.	(20)	Seven Days - Anne Shelton (Philips)
♪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, Ronnie Hilton, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Lita Roza, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, David Whitfield and Slim Whitman, one each