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, and thirty on Friday, 13 April 1956. When England beat France, Harry Belafonte's Mary's Boy Child was the best selling single for the first week. When the chart of Friday, 22 November 1957 was published, there were 17 surviving songs from the last chart when England played three weeks ago:-

1.	(3)	Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte (RCA)
2.	(4)	Party - Elvis Presley (RCA)
3.	(1)	That'll Be The Day - The Crickets (Vogue Coral)
4.	(9)	I Love You Baby - Paul Anka (Columbia)
5.	(=)	Remember You're Mine/There's A Goldmine In The Sky - Pat Boone (London)
6.	(7)	Be My Girl - Jim Dale (Parlophone)
7.	(4)	Tammy - Debbie Reynolds (Coral)
8.	(=)	Gotta To Have Something In The Bank, Frank - Frankie Vaughan and The Kaye Sisters (Philips)
9.	(11)	Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers (London)
10.	(6)	Diana - Paul Anka (Columbia)
11.	(19)	Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me - Elvis Presley (HMV)
12.	(10)	Man On Fire/Wanderin' Eyes - Frankie Vaughan (Philips)
13.	(23)	Alone - Petula Clark (Pye Nixa)
14.	(12)	My Dixie Darling - Lonnie Donegan (Pye Nixa)
15.	(18)	Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Elvis Presley (HMV)
16.		Ma He's Making Eyes At Me - Johnny Itis and His Orchestra & Marie Adams (Capitol)
17.	(16)	Trying To Get To You - Elvis Presley (HMV)
18.	(14)	Water Water/A Handful Of Songs - Tommy Steele and The Steelmen (Decca)
19.	(27)	Alone - Shepherd Sisters (HMV)
20.	(13)	Love Letters In The Sand - Pat Boone (London)
21.	(15)	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis (London)
22.		Alone - The Southlanders (Decca)
23.	(27)	He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Laurie London (Parlophone)
24.	(20)	Island In The Sun - Harry Belafonte (RCA)
25.	(30)	Stardust - Billy Ward and His Dominoes (London)
26.	(24)	Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town) - Jackie Wilson (Coral)
27.	(16)	With All My Heart - Petula Clark (Pye Nixa)
28.		Hey You - Tommy Steele and His Steelmen (Decca)
29.		All The Way/Chicago - Frank Sinatra (Capitol)
30.	(20)	I Love You So Much It Hurts/Wanderin' Eyes - Charlie Gracie (London)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Frankie Laine, six Doris Day, five Ronnie Hilton, four Guy Mitchell, three Tony Bennett, Lonnie Donegan, Johnnie Ray and Jimmy Young, two Paul Anka, Winifred Atwell, Harry Belafonte, Rosemary Clooney, The Crickets, Bill Haley, Tab Hunter, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Lita Roza, Anne Shelton, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, David Whitfield and Slim Whitman, one each