Gayla Peevey Autographs
Gayla Rienette Peevey (born March 8, 1943) is a former singer and child star from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She is best known for her recording of "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" (Columbia 4-40106, 1953). Peevey recorded the novelty song when she was 10 years old.\nIn 1960, under the name Jamie Horton, she had a minor hit with her single "My Little Marine" (Joy 45-234, 1959), which reached #84 on Billboard's Hot 100 in early 1960. She also recorded "Robot Man", a cover of a Connie Francis UK hit, but it failed to reach the charts.
The Peevey family moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma, in 1948. Prior to moving to California, she attended Columbus Elementary School. Peevey graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Education degree. She eventually left teaching. She is married to Cliff Henderson. They have a daughter, Sydney Forest, and three grandchildren. Following her retirement from performing, Peevey runs her own jingle advertisement company and sings in her local church.
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 US$35,257 in 2024), and a baby hippopotamus named Matilda was purchased and given to Peevey, which she then donated to the zoo in 1953. 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 Walt Disney World's Disney's Animal Kingdom, in Orlando, Florida.
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Traded items with a signature of Gayla Peevey
The most expensive item with a signature of Gayla Peevey (GAYLA PEEVEY, 100% AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO ! MUSIC SUPERSTAR !) was sold in August 2024 for $97.97 while the cheapest item (Gayla Peevey Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Sing) found a new owner for $0.01 in November 2023. The month with the most items sold (1) was March 2017 with an average selling price of $17.95 for an autographed item of Gayla Peevey. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2024 with $97.97 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.75 was September 2023. In average, an autographed item from Gayla Peevey is worth $6.11.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Gayla Peevey were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Gayla Peevey I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas video Autographed 4x6 Photo | $9.95 |  |
| Gayla Peevey I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas video Autographed 4x6 Photo | $9.95 | |
| Gayla Peevey Signed 4x6 Photo I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Sing [A64] | $3.49 | |
 | Gayla Peevey Signed 8x10 Signed To Bill | $16.57 | |
| Gayla Peevey Signed 8x10 Signed To Bill | $16.57 | |
| Gayla Peevey Singer 'I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas' signed 3x5 Card E22876 | $3.75 | |
| Gayla Peevey Singer 'I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas' signed 3x5 Card E22876 | $3.75 | |
| Gayla Peevey Singer 'I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas' signed 3x5 Card E26739 | $6.49 | |
| Gayla Peevey Singer 'I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas' signed 3x5 Card E26739 | $6.49 | |
 | GAYLA PEEVEY, 100% AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHED COLLECTOR'S PHOTO, BEAUTIFUL ! | $5.74 | |
| GAYLA PEEVEY, 100% AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHED COLLECTOR'S PHOTO, BEAUTIFUL ! | $5.74 | |
| GAYLA PEEVEY, 100% AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO ! MUSIC SUPERSTAR ! | $97.97 | |
| GAYLA PEEVEY, 100% AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO ! MUSIC SUPERSTAR ! | $97.97 | |
| GAYLA PEEVEY, 100% AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO, LEGENDARY ACTRESS ! | $7.00 | |
| GAYLA PEEVEY, 100% AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO, LEGENDARY ACTRESS ! | $7.00 | |
