Emiliano Zuleta

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Emiliano Zuleta Baquero was a Colombian vallenato composer, accordion 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 died 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

v • d • e Vallenato Musicians

Renowned vallenato musicians Alejo Duran • Diomedes Diaz • Fonseca • Colacho Mendoza • Rafael Escalona • Emiliano Zuleta • Jorge Oñate • Iván Villazón • Kaleth Morales • Silvestre Dangond • Carlos Vives • Juancho De la Espriella • The Children of Vallenato