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"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" is a Christmas novelty song written by John Rox (1902–1957) and performed by 10-year-old Gayla Peevey in 1953.[1]

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  1. 32 relations: A Very Kacey Christmas, A-side and B-side, Billboard (magazine), Bob Keeshan, Captain Kangaroo, Christmas music, Columbia Records, Country music, Discogs, Dr. Demento, Extended play, Gayla Peevey, Gretchen Wilson, Hippopotamus, Hugh Brannum, ITunes, John Rox, Kacey Musgraves, LeAnn Rimes, Novelty song, NPR, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, Phonograph record, Ponca City, Oklahoma, Portland Mercury, Pygmy hippopotamus, San Diego Zoo, Sony Music, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Three Stooges, WNIC.

  2. Christmas novelty songs
  3. Songs about Santa Claus

A Very Kacey Christmas

A Very Kacey Christmas is a third studio album and first Christmas album by American country music artist Kacey Musgraves, released on October 28, 2016, through Mercury Nashville.

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A-side and B-side

The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Bob Keeshan

Robert James Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004) was an American television producer and actor.

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Captain Kangaroo

Captain Kangaroo is an American children's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for 29 years, from 1955 to 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day.

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Christmas music

Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.

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Country music

Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest.

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Discogs

Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases.

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Dr. Demento

Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941), known professionally as Dr.

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Extended play

An Extended Play (EP) is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

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Gayla Peevey

Gayla Rienette Peevey (born March 8, 1943) is a former singer and child star from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Gretchen Wilson

Gretchen Frances Wilson (born June 26, 1973, in Pocahontas, Illinois) is an American country music singer and songwriter.

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Hippopotamus

The hippopotamus (hippopotamuses or hippopotami; Hippopotamus amphibius), also shortened to hippo (hippos), further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa.

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Hugh Brannum

Hugh Brannum (January 5, 1910 – April 19, 1987) was an American vocalist, arranger, composer, and actor known for his role as Mr.

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ITunes

iTunes was a media player, media library, mobile device management utility developed by Apple.

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John Rox

John Jefferson Rox (1907–1957) was an American composer and lyricist.

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Kacey Musgraves

Kacey Lee Musgraves (born August 21, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.

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LeAnn Rimes

Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actress.

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Novelty song

A novelty song is a type of song built upon some form of novel concept, such as a gimmick, a piece of humor, or a sample of popular culture.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden

The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is a zoo and botanical garden located in Oklahoma City's Adventure District in northeast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Phonograph record

A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), a vinyl record (for later varieties only), or simply a record or vinyl is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

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Ponca City, Oklahoma

Ponca City (Chína Uhánⁿdhe) is a city in Kay County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Portland Mercury

Portland Mercury is an alternative bi-weekly newspaper and media company founded in 2000 in Portland, Oregon.

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Pygmy hippopotamus

The pygmy hippopotamus or pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) is a small hippopotamid which is native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, primarily in Liberia, with small populations in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast.

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San Diego Zoo

The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in San Diego, California, housing over 12,000 animals of more than 680 species and subspecies on of Balboa Park.

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Sony Music

Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.

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The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan.

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The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short-subject films by Columbia Pictures.

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WNIC

WNIC (100.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Dearborn, Michigan, and serving the Metro Detroit media market.

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See also

Christmas novelty songs

Songs about Santa Claus

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_a_Hippopotamus_for_Christmas

Also known as Are my Ears on Straight?, Hippopotamus for Christmas, Hippopotamus for xmas, I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (Hippo the Hero).