Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame Inductee 2018

Gayla Peevey 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".  Peevey recorded song when she was 10 years old.  She performed the Christmas classic on the Ed Sullivan Show.  It remains one of the most played songs on Spotify among all Oklahoma recording artists. 

In 1960, under the name Jamie Horton, she had another hit hit with the song "Robot Man".  She was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of fame in 2018.

Peevey graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Education degree.  She eventually left teaching and owned her own advertising firm for 15 years.  She is married to Cliff Henderson. They have a daughter, Sydney Forest, and 3 grandchildren.