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 drew in Sweden, Ronnie Hilton's No Other Love was the best selling single for a second week. When the chart of Friday, 11 May 1956 was published, there were 24 surviving songs from the last chart when England played a week ago:-

1.	(=)	No Other Love - Ronnie Hilton (HMV)
2.	(=)	The Poor People Of Paris - Winifred Atwell (Decca)
3.	(5)	Only You - Hilltoppers (London)
	(=)	It's Almost Tomorrow - Dreamweavers (Brunswick)
5.	(6)	A Tear Fell - Teresa Brewer (Vogue Coral)
6.	(4)	Rock And Roll Waltz - Kay Starr (HMV)
7.	(=)	My September Love - David Whitfield (Decca)
8.	(12)	Lost John/Stewball - Lonnie Donegan (Pye Nixa)
9.	(14)	I'll Be Home - Pat Boone (London)
10.	(9)	Main Title Theme From 'Man With The Golden Arm' - Billy May (Capitol)
11.	(8)	A Theme From 'The Threepenny Opera' (Mack The Knife) - Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars (Philips)
12.	(11)	You Can't Be True To Two - Dave King with The Keynotes (Decca)
13.	(10)	See You Later Alligator - Bill Haley and His Comets (Brunswick)
14.	(15)	Memories Are Made Of This - Dave King with The Keynotes (Decca)
15.		Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley (HMV)
16.	(19)	Theme From 'The Threepenny Opera' - Dick Hyman Trio (MGM)
17.	(13)	Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin (Capitol)
18.	(17)	Willie Can - Alma Cogan (HMV)
19.	(18)	Ain't Misbehavin' - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
20.	(re)	Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan (Decca)
21.	(16)	Zambesi - Lou Busch (Capitol)
22.	(24)	Mountain Greenery - Mel Torme (Vogue Coral)
23.		The Happy Whistler - Don Robertson (Capitol)
24.	(20)	The Great Pretender - Jimmy Parkinson (Colombia)
25.	(22)	Juke Box Baby - Perry Como (HMV)
26.	(29)	In A Little Spanish Town - Bing Crosby (Brunswick)
27.		No Other Love - Edmund Hockridge (Nixa)
28.		Too Young To Go Steady - Nat 'King' Cole (Capitol)
29.	(re)	I'm A Fool - Slim Whitman (London)
30.	(21)	Innamorata - Dean Martin (Capitol)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Doris Day and Frankie Laine, five, Tony Bennett, Ronnie Hilton, 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