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 lost in Brazil, Elvis Presley's Double-A side A Fool Such As I & I Need Your Love Tonight was the best selling single for its first week in a run of five. When the chart of Friday, 15 May 1959 was published, there were 24 surviving songs from the last chart when England played three weeks ago:-

1.	(2)	A Fool Such As I/I Need Your Love Tonight - Elvis Presley (RCA)
2.	(1)	It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly (Coral)
3.	(=)	Side Saddle - Russ Conway (Columbia)
	(4)	Donna - Marty Wilde (Philips)
5.	(6)	Petite Fleur - Chris Barber's Jazz Band (Pye Nixa)
6.	(7)	Come Softly To Me - Fleetwoods (London)
7.	(9)	I've Waited So Long - Anthony Newley (Decca)
8.	(5)	It's Late - Ricky Nelson (London)
9.	(8)	Charlie Brown - The Coasters (London)
10.	(=)	Come Softly To Me - Frankie Vaughan and The Kaye Sisters (Philips)
11.	(12)	I Go Ape - Neil Sedaka (RCA)
12.	(14)	Mean Streak - Cliff Richard and The Drifters (Columbia)
13.	(17)	Idle On Parade EP - Anthony Newley (Decca)
14.	(15)	Fort Worth Jail - Lonnie Donegan and His Skiffle Group (Pye Nixa)
15.	(11)	C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran (London)
16.	(20)	Venus - Frankie Avalon (HMV)
17.	(13)	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters (Mercury)
18.	(24)	May You Always - McGuire Sisters (Coral)
19.		Never Be Anyone Else But You - Ricky Nelson (London)
		Guitar Boogie Shuffle - Bert Weedon (Top Rank)
21.		Never Mind - Cliff Richard and The Drifters (Columbia)
22.		Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)? - Lloyd Price (HMV)
23.		Roulette - Russ Conway (Columbia)
24.	(25)	May You Always - Joan Regan (HMV)
25.	(16)	Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price (HMV)
26.	(21)	Gigi - Billy Eckstine (Mercury)
27.	(18)	Wait For Me/Willingly - Malcolm Vaughan (HMV)
28.	(27)	Tomboy - Perry Como (RCA)
29.	(19)	My Happiness - Connie Francis (MGM)
30.		Come Dance With Me (LP) - Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
♪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, Elvis Presley, Lita Roza, Anne Shelton, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, David Whitfield and Slim Whitman, one each