Gayla Peevey
Gayla Peevey Henderson (born March 8, 1943) is a former singer and child star from Ponca City, Oklahoma. She is best known for her recording, under her maiden name Gayla Peevey, of "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" (Columbia 4-40106, 1953). Peevey recorded the novelty song when she was 10 years old.
In 1960, under the name Jamie Horton, she had a minor hit with the song "Robot Man", a Connie Francis cover.
Biography
Peevey graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Education degree. She eventually left teaching and owned her own advertising firm for 15 years. She is married to Cliff Henderson. They have a daughter, Sydney Forest, and 3 grandchildren.
In popular culture
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 $27,552.12 present day), and a baby hippopotamus named Matilda was purchased and given to Peevey which she then donated to the zoo. The hippopotamus named Matilda spent 45 years in the Oklahoma City Zoo, and then died at age 47 from a heart attack in 1998 while being transferred to the Walt Disney World's Disney's Animal Kingdom, in Orlando, Florida.
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- Early Girls, Volume 4 released: 2005
- Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From the Rock 'n' Roll Era released: 2003
- Top Teen Time, Volume 1 released: 2002
- Hot Boppin' Girls released: 1979
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Early Girls, Volume 4
Released 2005- Dum Dum
- (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am
- I Cried a Tear
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- Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)
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- The Man in the Raincoat
- Little White Lies
- Daddy-O
- A Walkin' Miracle
- My Little Marine
- He'll Have to Stay
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- Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now
- Paper Roses
- To a Soldier Boy
- Teenage Cleopatra
- Little Tin Soldier
- This Ole House
- Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
- I Can't Take It
Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From the Rock 'n' Roll Era
Released 2003- Midnight Cryin' Time
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- You're Telling Our Secrets
- You're the Reason
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- Long Black Limousine
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- What Does Too Young Mean
- How Can I Tel Him
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- There They Go
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- Dark Lonely Street
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- Tell Laura I Love Her
Top Teen Time, Volume 1
Released 2002- Secret Crush
- Give Me Back My Heart
- I'm So Ashamed
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- Blues of My Heart
- He's Back
- Skippin' Class
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- Don't Be Afraid to Cry
- Love Me Do
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- Hurtin' in My Heart
- When It Comes to Love
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- Cheer Up Little Angel
- A Teenager in Love
- Guardian Angel
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- Can't Say No
- Brenda
- Little Christine
- Our Summer Romance
- No One to Love Me
- What Makes Little Girls Cry
- Dining & Dancing
- Sweet Lovin'
Hot Boppin' Girls
Released 1979- I Need a Man
- Starlight, Starbright
- Kiss Me Baby
- Great Balls of Fire
- Love Is Over, Love Is Done
- If You Can't Rock Me
- Sweet Talk
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- Hoo Wee, Sweet Daddy
- The Rockin' Lady
- Rock Me My Baby
- Robot Man
- Oo-Ba La Baby
- Gotta Lot of Rhythm
- Big Rock Inn
- I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'
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Rockin' Dance, Volume 15: Hot Rockin' Girls
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- Move It on Over
- Jeopardy
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- No Part Time Love
- Take a Step
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- Black Cadillac
- Flipsville
- Dancing With Teadrops
- Ballin' Keen
- Cool Cool Daddy
- Having a Ball
- Gotta Lot of Rhythm
- Rock Your Baby
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- Black & White Thunderbird
- Da de Da
- Oh la Baby
- Shake a Leg
- Honey Honey
- At the Sock Hop
- Teenage Rebel
- Rockin' the Blues
- Robot Man
- Trouble
- Washboard Sam
- Ok Doll, It's a Deal
- Little Lovin'
- Tennessee Wig Walk
- Little Fool
- Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye
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That's Important To Me
by: Joey MartinNot planning my days around a TV set
Paying our bills and staying out of debt
That's important to me
Opening the windows and letting in air
Holding hands when we're saying a prayer
That's important to me
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Having somebody to share my life
Loving my husbandand being a wife
And the very best mother I can be..
That's important to me
Telling the truth and being real
Feeding my family a home - cooked meal
That's important to me. that's important to me
Planting a garden and watching it grow
Keeping it country on the radio
That's important to me. that's important to me
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Always having you to hold
Being beside you when we grow old
And they plant us 'neath that big oak tree
That's important to me
Believin' my dreams will take me somewhere
Still being myself when I get there
That's important to me. that's important to me
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