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I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

original song written and composed by John Rox; first recorded by Gayla Peevey
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q5979554
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I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Summary

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (164 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas's composer is recorded as John Rox[4].
  • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas's genre is Christmas music[5].
  • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas was performed by Gayla Peevey[6].
  • Among the performers on I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas was Vicki Dale[7].
  • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas was performed by Kacey Musgraves[8].
  • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas was performed by LeAnn Rimes[9].
  • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas was published on 1953[11].
  • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas's lyricist is recorded as John Rox[12].
  • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas's title is recorded as I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas[13].
  • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas's has characteristic is recorded as Christmas-themed song[14].
  • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].
  • I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas's set during recurring event is recorded as Christmas and holiday season[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[17]

  • Community tags: christmas[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7b232232-b757-432d-a2be-af25d0d7a3bf[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Gayla Peevey[6], Vicki Dale[7], Kacey Musgraves[8], and LeAnn Rimes[9].

Publication

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas was published on 1953[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is Christmas music[5].

Why It Matters

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (164 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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