Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over the past few decades, Gayla Peevey has become accustomed to blowing children's minds. On one hand, she's the little girl ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Gayla Peevey's catchy Christmas wish for a hippopotamus came true in 1953, she didn't need to test the lyrical theory that a ...

'I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas' is classic holiday song that has endured the test of time for more than 60 years. LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- This time of year, radio stations get nostalgic with songs ...

It is literally Christmas in July as iconic hippopotamus song will now be a part of the Oklahoma City Zoo forever. The iconic Christmas song, “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas”, was recorded in ...

The OKC Zoo has announced the cancellation of a sing-along/meet and greet event with Gayla Peevey that was scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. Gayla Peevey is well-known as the singer of the "hippo ...

Beloved holiday singer Gayla Peevey is celebrating her 83rd birthday. The Oklahoma-born performer became a household name in the early 1950s thanks to her charming novelty song "I Want a Hippopotamus ...

In 1953, a 10-year-old star named Gayla Peevey gave the world something to yearn for when she recorded the classic song, "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas." Nearly 70 years later, a zoo in Virginia ...