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 Wales, Jimmy Young's The Man From Laramie was the best selling single for the second week in-a-row. When the chart of Friday, 18 October 1955 was published, there were ten surviving songs from the last chart when England played three weeks ago:-

1.	(=)	The Man From Laramie - Jimmy Young (Decca)
2.	(3)	Blue Star (The Medic Theme) - Cyril Stapleton Orchestra with Julie Dawn (Decca)
3.	(5)	Yellow Rose Of Texas - Mitch Miller (Phillips)
4.	(6)	Ev'rywhere - David Whitfield (Decca)
5.	(4)	Rose Marie - Slim Whitman (London)
6.	(2)	Cool Water - Frankie Laine With The Mellomen (Philips)
7.	(8)	The Breeze and I - Caterina Valente (Polydor)
8.	(13)	Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And His Comets (Brunswick)
9.	(16)	Hey There - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
10.	(11)	Hernando's Highway - Johnston Brothers (Decca)
	(=)	Hey There - Rosemary Clooney (Philips)
12.	(11)	Hernando's Highway - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
13.	(7)	Learnin' The Blues - Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
14.	(9)	Close The Door - Stargazers (Decca)
15.	(19)	I'll Come When You Call - Ruby Murray (Columbia)
16.	(18)	Evermore - Ruby Murray (Columbia)
17.		I'll Never Stop Loving You - Doris Day (Philips)
18.		The Dambusters March - The Central Band of the Royal Air Force (HMV)
19.		The Yellow Rose Of Texas - Gary Miller (Pye Nixa)
20.	(=)	Go On By - Alma Coogan (HMV)
♪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, David Whitfield, Slim Whitman and Jimmy Young, one each