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 Northern Ireland, Jimmy Young's The Man From Laramie was again the best selling single for the third week in-a-row. When the chart of Friday, 28 October 1955 was published, there were eighteen surviving songs from the last chart when England played one week ago:-

1.	(=)	The Man From Laramie - Jimmy Young (Decca)
2.	(=)	Blue Star (The Medic Theme) - Cyril Stapleton Orchestra with Julie Dawn (Decca)
	(3)	Yellow Rose Of Texas - Mitch Miller (Phillips)
4.	(10)	Hernando's Highway - Johnston Brothers (Decca)
5.	(=)	Rose Marie - Slim Whitman (London)
6.	(=)	Cool Water - Frankie Laine With The Mellomen (Philips)
7.	(8)	Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And His Comets (Brunswick)
8.	(10)	Hey There - Rosemary Clooney (Philips)
9.	(4)	Ev'rywhere - David Whitfield (Decca)
10.	(9)	Hey There - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
11.	(=)	Hernando's Highway - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
12.	(7)	The Breeze and I - Caterina Valente (Polydor)
13.	(15)	I'll Come When You Call - Ruby Murray (Columbia)
14.	(=)	Close The Door - Stargazers (Decca)
15.	(13)	Learnin' The Blues - Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
16.	(20)	Go On By - Alma Coogan (HMV)
17.	(19)	The Yellow Rose Of Texas - Gary Miller (Pye Nixa)
18.		Song Of The Dreamer - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
19.	(17)	I'll Never Stop Loving You - Doris Day (Philips)
20.	(re)	The Man From Laramie - Al Martino (Capitol)
		Blue Star (The Medic Theme) - Ron Goodwin (Parlophone)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Doris Day and Frankie Laine, five, Tony Bennett, Guy Mitchell and Jimmy Young, two Rosemary Clooney, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Lita Roza, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, David Whitfield and Slim Whitman, one each