Did You Know This Christmas Song Was Written By An Iowan?
Did You Know This Famous Christmas Song Was Written By An Iowan? Here's a fun story to talk about around the fire this Christmas. Gayla Peevey is the singer of one of the most popular Christmas songs of all-time. She is from Oklahoma City, but the enduring song "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" was written by none other than Iowa native John Rox. According to the Des Moines Register, Rox was born in Des Moines and went to Winterset High School, where he graduated in 1920 and went on to marry Alice Pearce, the actress who played Gladys Kravitz on "Bewitched". Rox later died of a heart atta...
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