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 fourth time since the chart was first published, England played twice in one publication. So when England lost in Mexico, and beat United States, Elvis Presley's Double-A side A Fool Such As I & I Need Your Love Tonight was the best selling single for its second of five weeks. When the chart of Friday, 22 May 1959 was published, there were 24 surviving songs from the last chart when England played a week ago:-

1.	(=)	A Fool Such As I/I Need Your Love Tonight - Elvis Presley (RCA)
2.	(=)	It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly (Coral)
3.	(8)	It's Late - Ricky Nelson (London)
4.	(3)	Side Saddle - Russ Conway (Columbia)
5.	(3)	Donna - Marty Wilde (Philips)
6.	(7)	I've Waited So Long - Anthony Newley (Decca)
7.	(6)	Come Softly To Me - Fleetwoods (London)
8.	(5)	Petite Fleur - Chris Barber's Jazz Band (Pye Nixa)
9.	(10)	Come Softly To Me - Frankie Vaughan and The Kaye Sisters (Philips)
10.	(12)	Mean Streak - Cliff Richard and The Drifters (Columbia)
11.	(=)	I Go Ape - Neil Sedaka (RCA)
12.	(9)	Charlie Brown - The Coasters (London)
13.	(23)	Roulette - Russ Conway (Columbia)
14.	(=)	Fort Worth Jail - Lonnie Donegan and His Skiffle Group (Pye Nixa)
15.	(19)	Guitar Boogie Shuffle - Bert Weedon (Top Rank)
	(22)	Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)? - Lloyd Price (HMV)
17.	(18)	May You Always - McGuire Sisters (Coral)
18.	(17)	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters (Mercury)
19.	(16)	Venus - Frankie Avalon (HMV)
20.	(27)	Wait For Me/Willingly - Malcolm Vaughan (HMV)
21.	(15)	C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran (London)
22.	(13)	Idle On Parade EP - Anthony Newley (Decca)
23.	(24)	May You Always - Joan Regan (HMV)
24.		Margie - Fats Domino (London)
25.	(re)	Venus - Dickie Valentine (Pye Nixa)
26.	(21)	Never Mind - Cliff Richard and The Drifters (Columbia)
27.		If I Could Only Live My Life Again - Jane Morgan (London)
28.		Three Stars - Ruby Wright (Parlophone)
29.		Take A Message To Mary - The Everly Brothers (London)
30.		For A Penny - Pat Boone (London)
♪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, Elvis Presley, 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