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 West Germany, Ronnie Hilton's No Other Love was the best selling single for a fourth week. When the chart of Friday, 25 May 1956 was published, there were 25 surviving songs from the last chart when England played a week ago:-

1.	(=)	No Other Love - Ronnie Hilton (HMV)
2.	(4)	A Tear Fell - Teresa Brewer (Vogue Coral)
3.	(2)	The Poor People Of Paris - Winifred Atwell (Decca)
4.	(7)	I'll Be Home - Pat Boone (London)
5.	(3)	My September Love - David Whitfield (Decca)
6.	(5)	Rock And Roll Waltz - Kay Starr (HMV)
7.	(10)	Lost John/Stewball - Lonnie Donegan (Pye Nixa)
8.	(14)	Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley (HMV)
9.	(8)	The Happy Whistler - Don Robertson (Capitol)
10.	(9)	Main Title Theme From 'Man With The Golden Arm' - Billy May (Capitol)
11.	(12)	Only You - Hilltoppers (London)
12.	(11)	A Theme From 'The Threepenny Opera' (Mack The Knife) - Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars (Philips)
13.	(6)	It's Almost Tomorrow - Dreamweavers (Brunswick)
14.	(18)	Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins (London)
15.		Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) - Perry Como (HMV)
16.		Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley (HMV)
17.	(13)	You Can't Be True To Two - Dave King with The Keynotes (Decca)
	(15)	Mountain Greenery - Mel Torme (Vogue Coral)
19.	(17)	Too Young To Go Steady - Nat 'King' Cole (Capitol)
20.	(19)	Port-Au-Prince - Winifred Atwell with Frank Chacksfield and His Orchestra (Decca)
21.	(20)	Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan (Decca)
22.	(16)	See You Later Alligator - Bill Haley and His Comets (Brunswick)
23.		The Saints Rock 'N' Roll - Bill Haley and His Comets (Brunswick)
24.	(26)	Ain't Misbehavin' - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
25.	(27)	Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin (Capitol)
26.	(21)	The Great Pretender - Jimmy Parkinson (Colombia)
27.		Out Of Town - Max Bygraves (HMV)
28.		Ivory Tower - The Three Kayes (HMV)
29.	(30)	Juke Box Baby - Perry Como (HMV)
30.	(22)	Memories Are Made Of This - Dave King with The Keynotes (Decca)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Doris Day and Frankie Laine, five, Ronnie Hilton, four, 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