Who was the musician from India featured on NPR recently, and what was the catchy song they played a clip from?

Is it this guy?

@ibstubro and @janbb – Thanks for those breadcrumbs. Now I’m listening to Taj Mahal and dealing with the weather.

I heard that broadcast yesterday. Or rather it was in the background while I fought traffic in the video game that is my commute. I don’t remember the guy’s name, but punch up the NPR site and all should be revealed.

Here he is, Aki Kumar. It took a little hunting, it’s on the PRI site, not NPR.

PRI – The World – July 5, 2016 – I wanted to be bigger than Bill Gates — but I fell in love with the blues

My article was from quite a while ago so probably not the same guy. I just took another gander at npr.org and didn’t see anything obvious. It would help if you knew what show it is.

And @Call_Me_Jay just nailed it!

Cool clip, by the way! I’ve been in that club.

Here is the original song if you would like to watch/hear..sung by well known singer Kishor Kumar back in 50’s.

Here is the original song

WOW! He’s the Cab Calloway of Bollywood! Holy moly, that’s the best!

And check this out. Youtube led me to a new biopic, with HD color shot-for-shot recreations of 1950s musical numbers.

These are so beautiful.

Shola Jo Bhadke Video Song | Vidya Balan & Mangesh Desai | Ekk Albela

Bholi Surat | Ekk Albela | Video Song | Vidya Balan

Aki Kumar’s Eena Meena Deeka was what I was looking for, but I have SO enjoyed this question!

Thanks to all, and especial thanks to @Call_Me_Jay for nailing it!