It all started with a song. In 1953, 10-year-old Gayla Peevey recorded the holiday hit “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” unaware that her music would help bring a real hippo to the Oklahoma City ...
News on 6: Gayla Peevey shares memories of holiday hit ‘I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas’
Gayla Peevey shares memories of holiday hit ‘I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas’
LOS ANGELES -- All a cute, curly haired 10-year-old girl named Gayla Peevey wanted for Christmas in 1953 was a hippopotamus. And amazingly enough, after "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas" became ...
News9: Oklahoma City Zoo Honors 'I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas' with Statue
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 ...
Oklahoma City Zoo Honors 'I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas' with Statue
News9: Statue to honor ‘I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas’ singer Gayla Peevey at OKC Zoo
Oklahoma City Zoo will unveil a new statue honoring Gayla Peavey, the local singer behind “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” and Matilda the hippo. This Thursday, the zoo will unveil a statue ...
Statue to honor ‘I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas’ singer Gayla Peevey at OKC Zoo
Oklahoma City native Gayla Peevey has welcomed another hippopotamus to the city’s zoo, more than 60 years after her song about wanting one for Christmas helped the facility purchase its first. The ...
The Metro Richmond Zoo is leaning into the popular holiday tune “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” to announce the birth of a female calf two weeks ago. In the tune, child star and singer Gayla ...