I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - Joanie Bartels - MP3 instrumental karaoke
This title is a cover of I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas as made famous by Joanie Bartels
Same as the original tempo: 117.04 BPM
In the same key as the original: G
This song ends without fade out
Duration: 02:33 - Preview at: 00:57
These music files do not include lyrics. Download the karaoke with lyrics.
About
Release date: 1994
Format: MP3 320 Kbps
Genres:
Christmas, Children's Music, Comedy, In English
Original songwriter: John Jefferson Rox
All files available for download are reproduced tracks, they're not the original music.
The Christmas novelty song "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" was originally written by American composer John Rox in the early 1950s. The first version of the song was recorded in 1953 by child star Gayla Peevey, who was 10 years old at the time. Contrary to popular belief, the track was not recorded as a fundraiser to help the local zoo get a hippo, but the child singer did participate in the campaign after the song became a hit, donating a 700-pound baby hippo named Matilda to the Oklahoma City Zoo. Before its release as a commercial single on November 11, 1953, Gayla Peevey performed "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" on The Ed Sullivan Show. In the decades that followed, the song became a Christmas classic and was covered multiple times by several other artists, including Captain Kangaroo, Malcolm T. Elliot, and New Zealand-based singer Joanie Bartels, who put out a new version in 1994.
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jasminewambui12 1 year ago
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Thanks -
thehuggabear1971 1 year ago
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LOVE it! So well done! Thank you! -
txgentry 2 years ago
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great download and good song! r.g. -
martinburnside1 8 years ago
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thanx -
gmabees 9 years ago
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I am going to be part of a Christmas gathering celebration and they want me to open with this song. I am so excited. It is going to be so much fun. Thank you. Carol -
IrrefKaraoke 10 years agoA hippopotamus for Christmas? Really?
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