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 beat Northern Ireland, Cliff Richard and The Shadow's Travellin' Light was the best selling single for its third of five weeks. When the chart of Friday, 13 November 1959 was published, there were nineteen surviving songs from the last chart when England played three weeks ago:-

1.	(=)	Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard and The Shadows (Columbia)
2.	(=)	Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin (London)
3.	(4)	Red River Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes (London)
4.	(7)	What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For? - Emile Ford and The Checkmates (Pye)
5.	(3)	Sea Of Love - Marty Wilde (Philips)
6.	(5)	('Til) I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers (London)
7.	(10)	Broken Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan (Mercury)
8.	(9)	Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka (Columbia)
9.	(11)	Makin' Love - Floyd Robinson (RCA)
10.	(6)	High Hopes - Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
11.	(8)	The Three Bells - The Browns (RCA)
12.	(20)	Mr Blue - Mike Preston (Decca)
13.		Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka (RCA)
14.	(12)	Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller (London)
15.	(17)	Living Doll - Cliff Richard and The Drifters (Columbia)
16.	(=)	One More Sunrise (Morgen) - Dickie Valentine (Pye)
17.	(14)	Mona Lisa - Conway Twitty (MGM)
18.	(28)	Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson (Top Rank)
19.	(13)	Only Sixteen - Craig Douglas (Top Rank)
20.	(29)	Poison Ivy - The Coasters (London)
21.	(20)	China Tea - Russ Conway (Columbia)
22.	(14)	I Want To Walk You Home - Fats Domino (London)
23.	(18)	Mr Blue - David Macbeth (Pye)
24.		Snow Coach - Russ Conway (Columbia)
25.		Rawhide - Frankie Laine (Philips)
26.		Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - The Avons (Columbia)
27.	(=)	The Honeymoon Song - Manuel and The Music Of The Mountains (Columbia)
28.	(19)	Someone - Johnny Mathis (Fontana)
29.	(25)	Peggy Sue Got Married - Buddy Holly (Coral)
30.		Always - Sammy Turner (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, Bobby Darin, 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, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Lita Roza, Anne Shelton, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, David Whitfield and Slim Whitman, one each