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 the Soviet Union, Connie Francis' Who's Sorry Now was the best selling single for the first week. When the chart of Friday, 16 May 1958 was published, there were 25 surviving songs from the last chart when England played a week ago:-

1.	(2)	Who's Sorry Now - Connie Francis (MGM)
2.	(3)	A Wonderful Time Up There - Pat Boone (London)
3.	(1)	Whole Lotta Woman - Marvin Rainwater (MGM)
4.	(10)	Lollipop - The Mudlarks (Columbia)
5.	(4)	Wear My Ring Around Your Neck - Elvis Presley (RCA)
6.	(7)	Tom Hark - Elias and His Zigzag Jive Flutes (Colombia)
7.	(8)	The Grand Coolie Dam - Lonnie Donegan (Pye Nixa)
8.	(5)	Swingin' Shepherd Blues - Ted Heath and His Music (Decca)
9.	(6)	Lollipop - The Chordettes (London)
10.	(13)	It's Too Soon To Know - Pat Boone (London)
11.	(9)	Tequila - The Champs (London)
12.	(=)	Magic Moments - Perry Como (RCA)
13.	(29)	Tulips From Amsterdam/You Need Hands - Max Bygraves (Decca)
14.	(=)	To Be Loved - Malcolm Vaughan with The Michael Sammes Singers (HMV)
15.	(17)	I May Never Pass This Way Again - Robert Earl (Philips)
16.	(25)	Kewpie Doll - Perry Como (RCA)
17.	(11)	Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis (London)
18.	(16)	Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry (London)
19.	(30)	On The Street Where You Live - Vic Damone (Philips)
	(26)	Kewpie Doll - Frankie Vaughan (Philips)
21.	(28)	Tequila - Ted Heath and His Music (Decca)
22.	(=)	Happy Guitar - Tommy Steele (Decca)
23.	(re)	To Be Loved - Jackie Wilson (Coral)
24.	(19)	Nairobi - Tommy Steele (Decca)
25.		On The Street Where You Live - David Whitfield (Decca)
26.	(15)	Maybe Baby - The Crickets (Coral)
27.		Stairway Of Love - Michael Holliday (Columbia)
28.		Twilight Time - The Platters (Mercury)
29.		Stairway Of Love - Terry Dene (Decca)
30.	(20)	The Clouds Will Soon Roll By - Tony Brent (Colombia)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Frankie Laine, six Doris Day, five Ronnie Hilton, four Guy Mitchell, three Tony Bennett, Lonnie Donegan, Marvin Rainwater, Johnnie Ray and Jimmy Young, two Paul Anka, Winifred Atwell, Harry Belafonte, Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como, The Crickets, Connie Francis, 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