Sold Date:
July 12, 2014
Start Date:
July 5, 2014
Final Price:
£23.22
(GBP)
Bid Count:
4
Seller Feedback:
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Buyer Feedback:
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AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS RARE CHILDRENS CHRISTMAS 78 IN A PHILIPS PICTURE SLEEVE
Have you ever heard the song "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" sung by Gayla Peevey? If not (or if you'd just like to hear it again), click .
John Rox wrote the song in 1950. It became a hit in the USA in 1953 when some savvy PR people had ten-year-old Gayla sing it as part of a money-raising campaign to get a hippo for the Oklahoma City Zoo. Kids were encouraged to send in their change and voila! Gayla got her hippo. (Matilda. Which of course Gayla immediately "donated" to the zoo.). It did not bother the Charts in the UK though.....
GAYLA PEEVEY - I WANT A HIPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS
B SIDE:- ARE MY EARS ON STRAIGHT?
UK PHILIPS PB 211 10" 78rpm SHELLAC CONDITION IS RATED AS EX/EX- HERE'S A CHANCE TO PICK UP THIS RARE CHILDRENS XMAS 78DON'T MISS OUT - BID NOW!!
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