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. On 10 March 1960, the chart increased to fifty singles and now published by The Record Retailer. When England drew with Yugoslavia, The Everly Brothers' Cathy's Clown was the best selling single for its first of seven weeks. When the Top Fifty chart of Thursday, 5 May 1960 was published, there were 24 surviving songs from the last chart when England played four weeks ago. The Top Forty is thus:-

1.	(4)	Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers (Warner Brothers)
2.	(1)	Do You Mind? - Anthony Newley (Decca)
3.	(=)	Someone Else's Baby - Adam Faith (Parlophone)
4.	(12)	Standing On The Corner - The King Brothers (Parlophone)
5.	(=)	Fall In Love With You - Cliff Richard and The Shadows (Columbia)
6.	(=)	Handy Man - Jimmy Jones (MGM)
7.	(8)	Sweet Nothin's - Brenda Lee (Brunswick)
8.	(7)	Stuck On You - Elvis Presley (RCA)
9.	(2)	My Old Man's A Dustman - Lonnie Donegan (Pye)
10.	(15)	Footsteps - Steve Lawrence (HMV)
11.	(10)	Theme From 'A Summer Place' - Percy Faith (Philips)
12.	(13)	Clementine - Bobby Darin (London)
13.	(17)	Beatnik Fly - Johnny and The Hurricanes (London)
14.	(9)	Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'be - Max Bygraves (Decca)
15.	(11)	Wild One - Bobby Rydell (Columbia)
16.	(11)	Shazam! - Duane Eddy (London)
17.	(14)	He'll Have To Go - Jim Reeves (RCA)
18.	(23)	Cradle Of Love - Johnny Preston (Mercury)
19.	(16)	Running Bear - Johnny Preston (Mercury)
20.	(26)	Stairway To Heaven - Neil Sedaka (RCA)
21.	(22)	Poor Me - Adam Faith (Parlophone)
22.	(20)	Hit And Miss - John Barry Seven (Columbia)
23.	(18)	What In The World's Come Over You - Jack Scott (Coral)
24.	(19)	Delaware - Perry Como (RCA)
25.	(27)	You Got What It Takes - Marv Johnson (London)
26.	(30)	Mack The Knife - Ella Fitzgerald (HMV)
27.	(41)	Heart Of A Teenage Girl - Craig Douglas (Top Rank)
28.	(24)	Looking High High High - Bryan Johnson (Decca)
29.	(28)	Why - Anthony Newley (Decca)
30.	(35)	Heartbeat - Buddy Holly (Coral)
31.	(25)	Country Boy - Fats Domino (London)
32.		This Love I Have For You - Lance Fortune (Pye)
33.	(re)	Tom Pillibi - Jacqueline Boyer (Pye International)
34.	(36)	Standing On The Corner - Four Lads (Philips)
35.	(32)	Be Mine - Lance Fortune (Pye)
36.	(29)	On A Slow Boat To China - Emile Ford and The Checkmates (Pye)
37.	(46)	Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops - Frankie Avalon (HMV)
38.	(48)	You Are Beautiful - Johnny Mathis (Fontana)
39.	(re)	Voice In The Wilderness - Cliff Richard and The Shadows (Columbia)
40.	(49)	Beat For Beatniks - John Barry Orchestra (Columbia)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Frankie Laine, six Connie Francis and Doris Day, five Ronnie Hilton, four Lonnie Donegan, Buddy Holly and Guy Mitchell, three Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, 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, The Everly Brothers, 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