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 Portugal, Marvin Rainwater's Whole Lotta Woman was the best selling single for the second week. When the chart of Friday, 2 May 1958 was published, there were 23 surviving songs from the last chart when England played two weeks ago:-

1.	(=)	Whole Lotta Woman - Marvin Rainwater (MGM)
2.	(6)	Who's Sorry Now - Connie Francis (MGM)
3.	(=)	Swingin' Shepherd Blues - Ted Heath and His Music (Decca)
4.	(2)	Magic Moments - Perry Como (RCA)
5.	(4)	A Wonderful Time Up There - Pat Boone (London)
6.	(5)	Tequila - The Champs (London)
7.	(12)	Lollipop - The Chordettes (London)
8.	(9)	Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis (London)
9.	(13)	Don't - Elvis Presley (HMV)
10.	(=)	Maybe Baby - The Crickets (Coral)
11.		Lollipop - The Mudlarks (Columbia)
12.	(30)	Tom Hark - Elias and His Zigzag Jive Flutes (Colombia)
13.	(7)	It's Too Soon To Know - Pat Boone (London)
		Wear My Ring Around Your Neck - Elvis Presley (RCA)
15.	(14)	To Be Loved - Malcolm Vaughan with The Michael Sammes Singers (HMV)
16.	(18)	The Grand Coolie Dam - Lonnie Donegan (Pye Nixa)
17.	(23)	I May Never Pass This Way Again - Robert Earl (Philips)
18.	(8)	Nairobi - Tommy Steele (Decca)
19.	(11)	La Dee Dah - Jackie Dennis (Decca)
20.	(15)	Mandy (La Panse) - Eddie Calvert (Colombia)
	(19)	Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again - Jimmie Rodgers (Colombia)
22.	(21)	Tequila - Ted Heath and His Music (Decca)
23.	(26)	To Be Loved - Jackie Wilson (Coral)
24.	(16)	April Love - Pat Boone (London)
25.	(20)	Happy Guitar - Tommy Steele (Decca)
26.	(28)	Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry (London)
27.	(17)	Catch A Falling Star - Perry Como (RCA)
28.		Tulips From Amsterdam/You Need Hands - Max Bygraves (Decca)
29.	(22)	Why Don't They Understand - Billy Ward and His Dominoes (HMV)
30.	(re)	Sugartime - Alma Coogan (HMV)
♪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, Harry Belafonte, Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como, The Crickets, Bill Haley, Tab Hunter, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Marvin Rainwater, Lita Roza, Anne Shelton, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, David Whitfield and Slim Whitman, one each