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 CITY – This year marks the 65th anniversary of the popular holiday song, “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.” To celebrate, the Oklahoma City Zoo is bringing the singer of the song, Gayla ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- This time of year, radio stations get nostalgic with songs about sleigh rides and silver bells, but there's another Christmas classic that has endured the test of time for more ...

“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 ...

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 the biggest hit ...

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 ...

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, Oklahoma -- Gayla Peevey had a big song on her hands when she was only 10 years old. "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" blew up as soon as it was released on Columbia Records. Peevey ...

LOS ANGELES — When she recorded “I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas” in 1953, Gayla Peevey says she had no idea schoolchildren would be singing it 63 years later. Or that people in her hometown of ...