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 Northern Ireland, Connie Francis' double A-side Stupid Cupid and Carolina Moon was the best selling single for its second week. When the chart of Friday, 3 October 1958 was published, there were three surviving songs from the last chart when England played sixteen weeks ago:-

1.	(=)	Stupid Cupid/Carolina Moon - Connie Francis (MGM)
2.	(=)	Volare - Dean Martin (Capitol)
3.	(=)	When - Kalin Twins (Brunswick)
4.	(6)	Poor Little Fool - Ricky Nelson (London)
5.	(8)	Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers (London)
6.	(7)	Mad Passionate Love - Bernard Bresslaw (HMV)
7.	(4)	Return To Me - Dean Martin (Capitol)
8.	(9)	Splish Splash - Charlie Drake (Parlophone)
9.		King Creole - Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires (RCA)
10.	(=)	Fever - Peggy Lee (Capitol)
11.	(13)	Born Too Late - Poni-Tails (HMV)
12.	(20)	Move It - Cliff Richard and The Drifters (Columbia)
13.	(11)	Patricia - Perez 'Prez' Prado (RCA)
14.	(22)	A Certain Smile - Johnny Mathis (Fontana)
15.	(12)	All I Have To Do Is Dream/Claudette - The Everly Brothers (London)
16.	(10)	Endless Sleep - Marty Wilde (Philips)
	(18)	If Dreams Came True - Pat Boone (London)
18.	(=)	Girl Of My Dreams - Tony Brent (Columbia)
19.	(16)	Tulips From Amsterdam/You Need Hands - Max Bygraves (Decca)
20.	(17)	Trudie - Joe 'Mr Piano' Henderson (Pye Nixa)
	(24)	Moon Talk - Perry Como (RCA)
22.	(14)	Volare - Domenico Modugno (Oriole)
23.	(15)	Yakety Yak - The Coasters (London)
24.	(21)	Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy and The Rebels (London)
25.		It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards (MGM)
26.		Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) - Marino Marini and His Quartet (Durium)
27.		Western Movies - The Olympics (HMV)
28.	(=)	Little Bernadette - Harry Belafonte (RCA)
29.	(25)	Little Star - Elegants (HMV)
30.	(23)	Hard Headed Woman - Elvis Presley (RCA)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Frankie Laine, six Doris Day, five Connie Francis and 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, 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