Emiliano Zuleta
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Emiliano Zuleta Baquero was a Colombian vallenato composer, acordeon player and singer, popularly known as El viejo Mile (The Old Mile). He was born on january 11, 1912 in La Jagua del Pilar, a small town of la Guajira; He deceased on october 30, 2005 in Valledupar (Cesar).
In 1938 he published his masterpiece La Gota Fria, a song that emerged from a musical controversy with Lorenzo Morales and that years later would interpret Carlos Vives and Julio Iglesias turning the song into an international hit.
[edit] Compositions
- La Gota Fria
- La Que Te Hizo El Dos
- Esta Carta
- Carmen Díaz
- El zorro
- El robo
- La pimientica
- Con la misma fuerza
- El indio Manuel María
- El regreso de Carmen
- Mis hijos
- El piñal
- La enfermedad de Emiliano
- Villanueva
- Las enfermeras
- Mis pocos días
- Doce palabras
- La Pule
Renown vallenato musicians
Alejo Duran • Diomedes Diaz • Colacho Mendoza • Rafael Escalona • Emiliano Zuleta • Jorge Oñate • Iván Villazón • Kaleth Morales • Silvestre Dangond • Carlos Vives • Juancho De la Espriella