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 lost in Portugal, Tony Bennett's Stranger In Paradise was the best selling single for the second week in-a-row. When the chart of Friday, 20 May 1955 was published, there were 18 surviving songs from the last chart when England played 4 days ago:-

1.	(=)	Stranger In Paradise - Tony Bennett (Philips)
2.	(3)	Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - Eddie Calvert (Colombia)
3.	(2)	Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - Perez 'Prez' Prado & His Orchestra (HMV)
4.	(5)	Give Me Your Word - Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol)
5.	(11)	Unchained Melody - Al Hibbler (Brunswick)
6.	(4)	Earth Angel - The Crew Cuts (Mercury)
7.	(8)	If You Believe - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
8.	(7)	Stranger In Paradise - Tony Martin (HMV)
9.	(6)	Softly Softly - Ruby Murray (Columbia)
10.	(=)	If Anyone Finds This I Love You - Ruby Murray with Anne Warren (Columbia)
11.	(17)	Unchained Melody - Les Baxter (Capitol)
12.	(14)	Ready, Willing And Able - Doris Day (Philips)
13.	(=)	Unchained Melody - Jimmy Young (Decca)
14.	(9)	(I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells - Eddie Fisher (HMV)
15.	(12)	Under The Bridges Of Paris - Eartha Kitt (HMV)
16.		Stranger In Paradise - Four Aces (Brunswick)
17.	(19)	Stranger In Paradise - Eddie Calvert (Columbia)
18.	(=)	Under The Bridges of Paris - Dean Martin (Capitol)
19.		Where Will The Dimple Be? - Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen (Philips)
20.	(15)	Melody Of Love - Ink Spots (Parlophone)
		Paths Of Paradise - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Doris Day and Frankie Laine, five, Tony Bennett and Guy Mitchell, two Rosemary Clooney, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Lita Roza, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford and David Whitfield, one each