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288   Thursday, 17 June 1954
Belgium 4 England 4 [1-2]
  
Match Summary
 
 The Top Twelve UK Music Chart by New Musical Express 
   

On Friday, 15 November 1952, The New Musical Express published the first ever singles chart in the UK. When England drew with Belgium, Doris Day's Secret Love was still the best selling single for the sixth week in a row (although its seventh week as number one). When the chart of Friday, 11 June 1954 was published, there were eight surviving songs from the last chart when England played three weeks ago:-

1. (=) Secret Love - Doris Day (Philips)
2. (=) Such A Night - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
3. (=) Friends And Neighbours - Billy Cotton & His Band (Decca)
4. (=) The Happy Wanderer - Obernkirchen Children's Choir (Parlophone)
5. (=) Someone Else's Roses - Joan Regan (Decca)
6. (9) (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely - Four Knights (Capitol)
7. (6) The Kid's Last Fight - Frankie Laine (Philips)
8. (7) The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart - Max Bygraves (HMV)
9. (8) Changing Partners - Kay Starr (Capitol)
10. (11) Wanted - Perry Como (HMV)
11. (10) The Book - David Whitfield (Decca)
12. The Little Shoemaker - Petula Clark (Polygon)
 
♪Most weeks at number one when England played:
Frankie Laine, five, Doris Day, three, Guy Mitchell, two
Al Martino, Lita Roza, Stargazers and David Whitfield, one each

 
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