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316   Wednesday, 6 November 1957
England 2 Northern Ireland 3 [0-1]
 
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The Top Thirty UK Music Chart by New Musical Express 
   

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 lost to Northern Ireland, The Cricket's That'll Be The Day was the best selling single for the first week. When the chart of Friday, 1 November 1957 was published, there were 24 surviving songs from the last chart when England played two weeks ago:-

1. (3) That'll Be The Day - The Crickets (Vogue Coral)
2. (4) Tammy - Debbie Reynolds (Coral)
3. (1) Diana - Paul Anka (Columbia)
4. (2) Party - Elvis Presley (RCA)
5. (8) Remember You're Mine/There's A Goldmine In The Sky - Pat Boone (London)
6. (13) Man On Fire/Wanderin' Eyes - Frankie Vaughan (Philips)
7. (19) Be My Girl - Jim Dale (Parlophone)
8. (10) Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis (London)
9. (12) Water Water/A Handful Of Songs - Tommy Steele and The Steelmen (Decca)
10. (7) Island In The Sun - Harry Belafonte (RCA)
11. (6) I Love You So Much It Hurts/Wanderin' Eyes - Charlie Gracie (London)
12. (9) (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley (HMV)
13. (5) Love Letters In The Sand - Pat Boone (London)
14. (5) With All My Heart - Petula Clark (Pye Nixa)
15. (14) My Dixie Darling - Lonnie Donegan (Pye Nixa)
16. (=) All Shook Up - Elvis Presley (RCA)
(15) Last Train To San Fernando - Johnny Duncan and The Blue Grass Boys (Columbia)
18. (17) Call Rosie On The Phone - Guy Mitchell (HMV)
19. (18) Stardust - Billy Ward and His Dominoes (London)
20. Trying To Get To You - Elvis Presley (HMV)
21. (20) Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do - Elvis Presley (HMV)
22. Gotta To Have Something In The Bank, Frank - Frankie Vaughan and The Kaye Sisters (Philips)
23. (22) Short Fat Fannie - Larry Williams (London)
24. Loving You - Elvis Presley (HMV)
25. (23) Wedding Ring - Russ Hamilton (Oriole)
26. (20) Paralysed - Elvis Presley (HMV)
27. (24) Stardust - Nat 'King' Cole (Capitol)
28. (30) In The Middle Of An Island - King Brothers (Parlophone)
29. Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte (RCA)
30. Honeycomb - Jimmie Rodgers (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
Paul Anka, Winifred Atwell, Rosemary Clooney,
The Crickets, 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

 
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