“I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” singer Gayla Peevey poses with a plush hippo. Over the past few decades, Gayla Peevey has become accustomed to blowing children's minds. On one hand, she's the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. She was a children's Christmas song come to life. On Dec. 24, 1953, a 700-pound "baby" lumbered from her moving crate into the ...

Oklahoma native Gayla Peevey, famed for her song “I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas,” returns to the Oklahoma City Zoo for a sing-along event on Nov. 9. Gayla Peevey, also known as the Queen Of ...

Gayla Peevey was just 10 years old when her unforgettable holiday anthem, “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” became a national sensation in 1953. The song made Peevey a part of Oklahoma history.

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” singer Gayla Peevey poses with a plush hippo. Over the past few decades, Gayla Peevey has ...