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 Wales, Paul Anka's Diana was the best selling single for the eighth week-in-a-row. When the chart of Friday, 18 October 1957 was published, there were no surviving songs from the last chart when England played 22 weeks ago:-

1.	(=)	Diana - Paul Anka (Columbia)
2.	(9)	That'll Be The Day - The Crickets (Vogue Coral)
3.	(=)	Tammy - Debbie Reynolds (Coral)
4.	(2)	Love Letters In The Sand - Pat Boone (London)
5.	(11)	Party - Elvis Presley (RCA)
6.	(5)	Island In The Sun - Harry Belafonte (RCA)
7.	(4)	Last Train To San Fernando - Johnny Duncan and The Blue Grass Boys (Columbia)
8.	(7)	With All My Heart - Petula Clark (Pye Nixa)
9.	(7)	I Love You So Much It Hurts/Wanderin' Eyes - Charlie Gracie (London)
10.	(15)	Remember You're Mine/There's A Goldmine In The Sky - Pat Boone (London)
11.	(6)	Water Water/A Handful Of Songs - Tommy Steele and The Steelmen (Decca)
12.	(14)	Man On Fire/Wanderin' Eyes - Frankie Vaughan (Philips)
13.	(12)	(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley (HMV)
14.	(19)	My Dixie Darling - Lonnie Donegan (Pye Nixa)
15.	(10)	All Shook Up - Elvis Presley (RCA)
16.	(=)	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis (London)
17.	(12)	Paralysed - Elvis Presley (HMV)
	(26)	Call Rosie On The Phone - Guy Mitchell (HMV)
19.		Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do - Elvis Presley (HMV)
20.	(25)	Wedding Ring - Russ Hamilton (Oriole)
21.		My Personal Possession - Nat 'King' Cole (Capitol)
22.	(18)	Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers (London)
23.	(21)	Stardust - Billy Ward and His Dominoes (London)
	(=)	Be My Girl - Jim Dale (Parlophone)
25.	(17)	Any Old Iron - Peter Sellers (Parlophone)
	(22)	Short Fat Fannie - Larry Williams (London)
27.	(29)	Good Evening Friends/Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air - Frankie Laine and Johnnie Ray (Philips)
28.	(re)	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Right Myself A Letter - Billy Williams (Vogue Coral)
29.	(24)	In The Middle Of An Island - King Brothers (Parlophone)
30.	(27)	Build Your Love (On A Strong Foundation) - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
♪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 Paul Anka, 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