"It is an interesting story, the whole getting a live hippo. ...Then, the whole story about the kids sending in their nickels and dimes, who raised money and bought Mathilda, that's a big, fun thing.

When Gayla Peevey's catchy Christmas wish for a hippopotamus came true in 1953, she didn't need to test the lyrical theory that a two-car garage would have plenty of room to house her "hippo hero.

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 ...

"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" had reached No. 24 on the Billboard Music Chart that year. And Oklahoma's own 10-year-old singer Gayla Peevey became a holiday sensation. With inspiration ...

at the Manyoni Private Game Reserve in South Africa a crew had to flee from a hippo attack as the large and in charge creature charged the vehicle and took a bite. First up, I don’t think we are ...

Say what you like but the Happy Hippo has at least raised a few smiles, giving us a welcome break from all the other depressing news. We've been treated to hippo songs, hippo dances, hippo poems ...

Essentially, if you have choice paralysis when it comes to catching up on new music, you’d be forgiven for being left in the dust. It was also the year of one-off releases quickly dominating the ...

Even though the song was successful and marked a new chapter for Harrison, it wasn’t long before it proved to be a point of contention for him. Harrison was taken to court by The Shirelles, who were a ...