The Oklahoma City Zoo canceled its Christmas sing-along with “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” singer Gayla Peevey ...

The OKC Zoo has announced the cancellation of a sing-along/meet and greet event with Gayla Peevey that was scheduled for ...

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 awaiting water at Oklahoma City's Lincoln Park Zoo. "I Want a ...

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.