Peggy Lee with Holly Foster-Wells

<p>Before Christmas, I talked to Holly Foster-Wells, the president of Peggy Lee Associates, about her grandmother, singer Peggy Lee. In <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/calexico-grant-lee-phillips-and-peggy-lee/id1438451268?i=1000502613651'>the episode</a> 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. </p> <p>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. </p> <p>During the Christmas season, Capitol Records released a two-CD/two-record set of her Christmas music, <a href='https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DSS7HJ3/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B08DSS7HJ3&linkCode=as2&tag=12songsofchri-20&linkId=07889420c2d66bad237b1cf7fd16bbf2'>Ultimate Christmas</a>.</p> <p>This episode also includes one of my favorite bizarre Christmas songs, "Jingle Bell Hustle" by Wayne Newton. </p>