I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Gayla Peevey
publication 1953
length 2:38
Genre (s) Pop music , Christmas carol
Author (s) John Rox
music John Rox

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas is a Christmas carol written by John Rox (1902–1957) and sung by Gayla Peevey , who was ten at the time . The single reached number 24 on the Billboard pop chart in December 1953 .

history

In Oklahoma City , born Peevey was a child star before the release of the single.

A video of this song was made for the Ed Sullivan Show in October 1953 and first aired on November 15, 1953. The video is available on their website.

Cover versions

There are numerous recordings and arrangements of the song. Below is a small selection:

  • The pop / rock band Jonas Brothers sang the song on Disney Radio in 2007 .
  • American country and pop singer LeAnn Rimes released a version of the song as a downloadable single for her EP , One Christmas: Chapter 1 .
  • In a Christmas special of the American version of Sesame Street , Anne Hathaway sang the song in a duet with Elmo from Sesame Street in 2007.
  • The American country musician Kacey Musgraves released a cover version on her album A Very Kacey Christmas in 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ " Local Song Writer Dies, " The Winterset Madisonian (Winterset, Iowa), Aug. 14, 1957.
  2. ↑ "Alice Pearce's nuptials," The New York Times , May 23, 1948, p. 65.
  3. ^ "John R. Rox" [sic], The New York Times , Aug. 6, 1957, p. 26th
  4. ^ "John J. Rox, Song Writer," The Washington Post , Aug. 8, 1957, p. B-2.
  5. ^ "John Jefferson Rox" in Notable Names in the American Theater . James T. White & Co., 1976. ISBN 0-88371-018-8 .
  6. ↑ Renewal registration RE0000084409, February 23, 1981, of "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas", by John Jefferson Rox, US Copyright Office database on-line .
  7. ^ John J. Rox in: National Archives and Records Administration. US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.
  8. ^ Joel Whitburn: Christmas in the Charts (1920-2004) . Record Research Inc., Wisconsin 2004, ISBN 0-89820-161-6 , p. 53.
  9. ↑ Gayla Peevey biography
  10. ^ The Ed Sullivan Show . In: The official site by Gayla Peevey . Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  11. ↑ I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - Single by LeAnn Rimes . In: iTunes Store . Apple Inc. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  12. ^ Alanna Conaway: LeAnn Rimes Has a New Album, a New Reality TV Show and a New Attitude (2014) . In: Country Weekly . American Media, Inc. August 8, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.