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Gayla Peevey

oldiesfemale vocalists50scomedypop
265.1K listeners742.2K plays
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About Gayla Peevey

Gayla Peevey (born 1943) is perhaps best known for her song, I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (Columbia, 1953). A child star from Oklahoma City, she was 10 years old when she recorded the novelty song written by John Rox in 1950. The Oklahoma City Zoo capitalized upon the popularity of the song in 1953 through a fund raising campaign to "buy a hippo for Gayla" in order to bring a hippo to the zoo. (They had no hippopotamus at the time.) The song raised $3,000.

Top Tracks

1

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (Hippo the Hero)

643.7K plays
2

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

82.1K plays
3

77 Santas

2.9K plays
4

I Want a Hippo for Christmas

2.6K plays
5

Got a Cold in the Node for Christmas

1.5K plays
6

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (Hippo the Hero) - Sped Up

467 plays
7

I Want a Hippopatamus for Christmas

1.1K plays
8

The Angel in the Christmas Play

334 plays
9

I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas (Hippo The Hero) [78 rpm Version]

652 plays
10

I Want a Hippopotamus for Chri

520 plays

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