Peggy Lee with Holly Foster-Wells

Before Christmas, I talked to Holly Foster-Wells, the president of Peggy Lee Associates, about her grandmother, singer Peggy Lee. In the episode that also included conversations with Joey Burns of Calexico and Grant-Lee Phillips, we talked about Lee's Christmas parties and her songwriting, which seemed to be aimed at children more than fans might expect. 

Today, we resume the conversation to talk more about her songwriting, her role in her career, and the challenges she dealt with as a woman that men didn't. 

During the Christmas season, Capitol Records released a two-CD/two-record set of her Christmas music, Ultimate Christmas.

This episode also includes one of my favorite bizarre Christmas songs, "Jingle Bell Hustle" by Wayne Newton.