On Friday, 15 November 1952, The New Musical Express published the first ever singles chart in the UK. When England lost to Uruguay, Doris Day's Secret Love was still the best selling single for the eighth week in a row (although its ninth week as number one). Doris Day now equals Frankie Laine's record of the artist with the most weeks at the top of the Music Charts. When the chart of Friday, 25 June 1954 was published, there were ten surviving songs from the last chart when England played a week ago:-

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