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 Italy, Buddy Holly's It Doesn't Matter Anymore was the best selling single for its third and final week. When the chart of Friday, 8 May 1959 was published, there were nineteen surviving songs from the last chart when England played three weeks ago:-

1.	(=)	It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly (Coral)
2.	(=)	A Fool Such As I/I Need Your Love Tonight - Elvis Presley (RCA)
3.	(4)	Side Saddle - Russ Conway (Columbia)
4.	(5)	Donna - Marty Wilde (Philips)
5.	(9)	It's Late - Ricky Nelson (London)
6.	(3)	Petite Fleur - Chris Barber's Jazz Band (Pye Nixa)
7.	(10)	Come Softly To Me - Fleetwoods (London)
8.	(6)	Charlie Brown - The Coasters (London)
9.	(12)	I've Waited So Long - Anthony Newley (Decca)
10.	(11)	Come Softly To Me - Frankie Vaughan and The Kaye Sisters (Philips)
11.	(8)	C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran (London)
12.	(13)	I Go Ape - Neil Sedaka (RCA)
13.	(7)	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters (Mercury)
14.		Mean Streak - Cliff Richard and The Drifters (Columbia)
15.		Fort Worth Jail - Lonnie Donegan and His Skiffle Group (Pye Nixa)
16.	(14)	Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price (HMV)
17.		Idle On Parade EP - Anthony Newley (Decca)
18.	(24)	Wait For Me/Willingly - Malcolm Vaughan (HMV)
19.	(15)	My Happiness - Connie Francis (MGM)
20.	(21)	Venus - Frankie Avalon (HMV)
21.	(18)	Gigi - Billy Eckstine (Mercury)
22.	(16)	A Pub With No Beer - Slim Dusty (Columbia)
23.	(26)	Sing Little Birdie - Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson (Columbia)
24.	(27)	May You Always - McGuire Sisters (Coral)
25.	(=)	May You Always - Joan Regan (HMV)
26.	(20)	Venus - Dickie Valentine (Pye Nixa)
27.	(17)	Tomboy - Perry Como (RCA)
28.	(22)	French Foreign Legion - Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
29.	(23)	Little Drummer Boy - Beverley Sisters (Decca)
30.	(re)	Love's Made A Fool Of You - The Crickets (Coral)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Frankie Laine, six Connie Francis and Doris Day, five Ronnie Hilton, four Buddy Holly 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, Russ Conway, The Crickets, Tommy Edwards, 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