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 with Republic of Ireland, Guy Mitchells's Rock-A-Billy was the best selling single for its only week. When the chart of Friday, 17 May 1957 was published, there were 27 surviving songs from the last chart when England played a week ago:-

1.	(3)	Rock-A-Billy - Guy Mitchell (Philips)
2.	(=)	Butterfly - Andy Williams (London)
3.	(9)	When I Fall In Love - Nat 'King' Cole (Capitol)
4.	(1)	Cumberland Gap - Lonnie Donegan and His Skiffle Group (Pye Nixa)
5.	(=)	Baby Baby - Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers (Colombia)
6.	(8)	Yes Tonight Josephine - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
7.	(6)	99 Ways - Tab Hunter (London)
8.	(3)	The Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte (HMV)
9.	(7)	Freight Train - Charles McDevitt Skiffle Group featuring Nancy Whiskey (Oriole)
10.	(13)	Too Much - Elvis Presley (RCA)
11	(=)	I'll Take You Home Kathleen - Slim Whitman (Oriole)
12.	(10)	Young Love - Tab Hunter (London)
13.	(12)	You Don't Owe Me A Thing/Look Homeward, Angel - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
14.	(=)	Long Tall Sally - Little Richard (London)
15.	(=)	The Girl Can't Help It - Little Richard (London)
16.	(18)	Chapel Of The Roses - Malcolm Vaughan (HMV)
17.	(24)	Butterfly - Charlie Grace (Parlophone)
18.	(16)	Heart - Max Bygraves (Decca)
19.	(re)	Butterfingers - Tommy Steele and The Steelemen (Decca)
	(20)	Love Is A Golden Ring - Frankie Laine and The Easy Riders (Philips)
21.	(17)	Why Baby Why - Pat Boone (London)
22.	(19)	Don't Forbid Me - Pat Boone (London)
23.	(27)	Marianne - The Hilltoppers (London)
24.	(21)	True Love - Bing Cosby and Grace Kelly (Capitol)
25.	(22)	I'm Walkin - Fats Domino (London)
26.	(28)	Nora Malone -Teresa Brewer (Vogue Coral)
27.	(26)	Mangos - Rosemary Clooney (Philips)
28.		I'm Sorry - The Platters (Mercury)
29.	(re)	Singing The Blues - Tommy Steele and The Steelemen (Decca)
30.	(29)	Party Doll - Buddy Knox (Columbia)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Frankie Laine, six Doris Day, five Ronnie Hilton, four Guy Mitchell, three Tony Bennett, Lonnie Donegan, Johnnie Ray and Jimmy Young, two Winifred Atwell, Rosemary Clooney, Bill Haley, Tab Hunter, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Lita Roza, Anne Shelton, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, David Whitfield and Slim Whitman, one each