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The campaign succeeded, and she was presented with an actual hippopotamus, which – as had been planned all along – she donated to the city zoo. [11] The hippopotamus lived for nearly 50 years. [10] In 2017, Peevey, then 73 years old, was again present when the Oklahoma City Zoo acquired a rare pygmy hippopotamus from the San Diego Zoo. [11 ...
The Oklahoma City Zoo capitalized upon the popularity of "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas" with a fundraising campaign to "buy a hippo for Gayla". The fund raised $3,000 (equivalent to US$34,164 in 2023), and a baby hippopotamus named Matilda (who weighed over 700 pounds [ 2 ] ) was purchased and given to Peevey, which she then donated to ...
He later wrote I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (1953) with Gayla Peevey singing the original version. It was a popular song with 39 artists singing the cover for it. [9] That same year, he was one of several songwriters and lyricists for the Broadway show John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953). [10]
'I WANT A HIPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS' 70TH ANNIVERSARY SING-ALONG. Featuring: Gayla Peevey. When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 9. Where: Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, 2000 Remington Place.
In October 2014, the first of these planned EPs was released, One Christmas: Chapter 1, issued through Iconic Entertainment. [102] It included the lead single, a cover of Gayla Peevey's "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas". [103] The EP peaked at number 20 on the Top Country Albums chart and number 35 on the Top Holiday Albums list.
The third R2 project was the release of a new recording by Captain & Tennille–a three-song Christmas CD entitled Saving Up Christmas. This effort was followed by The Secret of Christmas, Captain & Tennille's first complete original album produced in more than a decade, and their first-ever Christmas album. Released on Captain & Tennille's own ...
Donald Yetter Gardner (August 20, 1913 – September 15, 2004) was an American songwriter who is best known for writing the classic Christmas novelty song "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth".
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" (Live at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine) "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (So So Def Remix feat. Lil' Bow Wow & Jermaine Dupri) "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (Mariah's New Dance Mix Edit Extended 2009) "Hero" (Live at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine) Limited 25th anniversary edition 12-inch ...