
Meet Gayla
Original Singer of the hit christmas classic "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"

Original Singer of the hit christmas classic "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"
Gayla was born in Oklahoma City, but now resides in Southern California. She is a singer/songwriter who was a recording artist on Columbia records as a child, and recorded on the Joy record label as a teenager. Her biggest hit was “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” in 1953.
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