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 Finland, Ronnie Hilton's No Other Love was the best selling single for a third week. When the chart of Friday, 18 May 1956 was published, there were 27 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.	(7)	My September Love - David Whitfield (Decca)
4.	(5)	A Tear Fell - Teresa Brewer (Vogue Coral)
5.	(6)	Rock And Roll Waltz - Kay Starr (HMV)
6.	(3)	It's Almost Tomorrow - Dreamweavers (Brunswick)
7.	(9)	I'll Be Home - Pat Boone (London)
8.	(23)	The Happy Whistler - Don Robertson (Capitol)
9.	(10)	Main Title Theme From 'Man With The Golden Arm' - Billy May (Capitol)
10.	(8)	Lost John/Stewball - Lonnie Donegan (Pye Nixa)
11.	(=)	A Theme From 'The Threepenny Opera' (Mack The Knife) - Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars (Philips)
12.	(3)	Only You - Hilltoppers (London)
13.	(12)	You Can't Be True To Two - Dave King with The Keynotes (Decca)
14.	(15)	Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley (HMV)
15.	(22)	Mountain Greenery - Mel Torme (Vogue Coral)
16.	(13)	See You Later Alligator - Bill Haley and His Comets (Brunswick)
17.	(28)	Too Young To Go Steady - Nat 'King' Cole (Capitol)
18.		Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins (London)
19.		Port-Au-Prince - Winifred Atwell with Frank Chacksfield and His Orchestra (Decca)
20.	(=)	Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan (Decca)
21.	(24)	The Great Pretender - Jimmy Parkinson (Colombia)
22.	(14)	Memories Are Made Of This - Dave King with The Keynotes (Decca)
	(18)	Willie Can - Alma Cogan (HMV)
24.	(27)	No Other Love - Edmund Hockridge (Nixa)
25.	(16)	Theme From 'The Threepenny Opera' - Dick Hyman Trio (MGM)
26.	(19)	Ain't Misbehavin' - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
27.	(17)	Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin (Capitol)
28.	(21)	Zambesi - Lou Busch (Capitol)
29.	(re)	Robin Hood/The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Dick James with Stephen James and His Chums (Parlophone)
30.	(25)	Juke Box Baby - Perry Como (HMV)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Doris Day and Frankie Laine, five, Ronnie Hilton, three, 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