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 Denmark, Johnnie Ray's Just Walkin' In The Rain was the best selling single for a third week. When the chart of Friday, 30 November 1956 was published, there were 24 surviving songs from the last chart when England played a week ago:-

1.	(=)	Just Walkin' In The Rain - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
2.	(=)	A Woman In Love - Frankie Laine (Philips)
3.	(4)	Green Door - Frankie Vaughan (Philips)
4.	(6)	My Prayer - The Platters (Mercury)
5.	(8)	Rip It Up - Bill Haley and His Comets (Brunswick)
6.	(3)	Hound Dog - Elvis Presley (HMV)
7.	(4)	More - Jimmy Young (Brunswick)
8.	(10)	St. Therese Of The Roses - Malcolm Vaughan (HMV)
9.	(=)	Blue Moon - Elvis Presley (HMV)
10.	(6)	When Mexico Gave Up The Rhumba - Mitchell Torok (Brunswick)
11.	(24)	True Love - Bing Cosby and Grace Kelly (Capitol)
12.	(15)	Cindy Oh Cindy - Eddie Fisher (HMV)
13.	(11)	Make It A Party - Winifred Atwell (Decca)
	(18)	Two Different Worlds - Ronnie Hilton (HMV)
15.	(13)	Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets (Brunswick)
16.	(14)	Green Door - Jim Lowe and The High Fives (London)
17.	(11)	Rockin' Through The Rye - Bill Haley and His Comets (Brunswick)
18.	(22)	Autumn Concerto - George Melachrino Orchestra (HMV)
19.	(17)	Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow - Nat 'King' Cole (Capitol)
20.	(26)	A House With Love In It - Vera Lynn (Decca)
	(=)	In The Middle Of The House - Alma Cogan (HMV)
22.	(re)	In The Middle Of The House - Jimmy Parkinson (Colombia)
23.	(re)	Rock With The Caveman - Tommy Steele and The Steelemen (Decca)
24.	(27)	Green Door - Glen Mason (Parlophone)
25.	(16)	More - Perry Como (HMV)
26.		Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino (London)
27.		In The Middle Of The House - Johnstone Brothers (Decca)
28.		Cindy Oh Cindy - Tony Brent (Colombia)
29.	(28)	Giddy-Up-A-Ding-Dong - Freddie Bell and The Bellboys (Mercury)
30.		The Cat Came Back - Sonny James (Capitol)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Frankie Laine, six Doris Day, five Ronnie Hilton, four Tony Bennett, Guy Mitchell, Johnnie Ray and Jimmy Young, two Winifred Atwell, Rosemary Clooney, Bill Haley, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Lita Roza, Anne Shelton, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, David Whitfield and Slim Whitman, one each