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. When England beat Scotland, Tennessee Ernie Ford's Give Me Your Word was the best selling single for the fourth week in-a-row. When the chart of Friday, 1 April 1955 was published, there were no surviving songs from the last chart when England played 17 weeks ago:-

1.	(=)	Give Me Your Word - Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol)
2.	(=)	Softly Softly - Ruby Murray (Columbia)
3.	(12)	Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - Perez 'Prez' Prado & His Orchestra (HMV)
4.	(=)	A Blossom Fell - Nat 'King' Cole (Capitol)
5.	(7)	(I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells - Eddie Fisher (HMV)
6.	(10)	If Anyone Finds This I Love You - Ruby Murray with Anne Warren (Columbia)
7.	(5)	Mobile - Ray Burns (Columbia)
8.	(3)	Let Me Go Lover - Dean Martin (Capitol)
9.	(20)	Prize Of Gold - Joan Regan (Decca)
10.	(8)	Tomorrow - Johnny Brandon & The Phantoms (Polygon)
11.		Under The Bridges Of Paris - Eartha Kitt (HMV)
12.	(6)	Let Me Go Lover - Ruby Murray (Columbia)
13.		Under The Bridges of Paris - Dean Martin (Capitol)
14.	(11)	The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane - Dean Martin (Capitol)
15.	(16)	Mambo Italiano - Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen (Philips)
	(14)	Let Me Go Lover - Teresa Brewer with The Lancers (Vogue Coral)
	(13)	Beyond The Stars - David Whitfield With Mantovani & His Orchestra (Decca)
18.	(9)	A Blossom Fell - Dickie Valentine (Decca)
19.	(15)	A Blossom Fell - Ronnie Hilton (HMV)
20.		No More - The McGuire Sisters (Vogue Coral)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Doris Day and Frankie Laine, five, Guy Mitchell, two Rosemary Clooney, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Lita Roza, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford and David Whitfield, one each