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324   Sunday, 15 June 1958
Austria 2 England 2 [1-0]
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325   Tuesday, 17 June 1958
USSR 1 England 0 [0-0]
Match Summary
 
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. For just the third time since the chart was first published, and first time for consecutive weeks, England played twice in one publication. So when England drew with Austria then lost to the Soviet Union, Connie Francis' Who's Sorry Now was the best selling single for its fifth week. When the chart of Friday, 13 June 1958 was published, there were 28 surviving songs from the last chart when England played one week ago:-

1. (=) Who's Sorry Now - Connie Francis (MGM)
2. (=) Tom Hark - Elias and His Zigzag Jive Flutes (Colombia)
3. (8) Stairway Of Love - Michael Holliday (Columbia)
4. (3) On The Street Where You Live - Vic Damone (Philips)
5. (9) Witch Doctor - Don Lang & His Frantic Five (HMV)
6. (7) Tulips From Amsterdam/You Need Hands - Max Bygraves (Decca)
7. (4) A Wonderful Time Up There - Pat Boone (London)
8. (5) Lollipop - The Mudlarks (Columbia)
9. (12) All I Have To Do Is Dream/Claudette - The Everly Brothers (London)
10. (=) Kewpie Doll - Frankie Vaughan (Philips)
(6) The Grand Coolie Dam - Lonnie Donegan (Pye Nixa)
12. (17) The Signature Tune Of 'The Army Game' - Michael Medwin, Bernard Bresslaw, Alfie Bass and Leslie Fyson (HMV)
13. (11) Wear My Ring Around Your Neck - Elvis Presley (RCA)
14. (13) Kewpie Doll - Perry Como (RCA)
15. (19) I May Never Pass This Way Again - Perry Como (RCA)
16. (=) Twilight Time - The Platters (Mercury)
17. (24) I May Never Pass This Way Again - Robert Earl (Philips)
18. (14) Witch Doctor - David Seville (London)
19. (26) Book Of Love - The Mudlarks (Colombia)
20. (15) Whole Lotta Woman - Marvin Rainwater (MGM)
21. Big Man - The Four Preps (Capitol)
22. (23) I Dig You Baby - Marvin Rainwater (MGM)
23. (18) Swingin' Shepherd Blues - Ella Fitzgerald (HMV)
24. Return To Me - Dean Martin (Capitol)
25. (29) On The Street Where You Live - David Whitfield (Decca)
26. (20) It's Too Soon To Know - Pat Boone (London)
27. A Very Precious Love - Doris Day (Philips)
28. (30) Teacher Teacher - Johnny Mathis (Fontana)
29. (28) Swingin' Shepherd Blues - Ted Heath and His Music (Decca)
30. (22) Stairway Of Love - Terry Dene (Decca)
 
♪Most weeks at number one when England played:
Frankie Laine, six
Doris Day, five
Ronnie Hilton, four
Connie Francis and 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, 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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