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). Zuleta 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) from respiratory problems at age 93.^[1]

In 1938 he published his masterpiece La gota fría, a song that emerged from a musical controversy with Lorenzo Morales and that years later Carlos Vives and Julio Iglesias would interpret, turning the song into an international hit.

Compositions

La gota fría
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

References

↑ "Emiliano Zuleta". theguardian.com. 2005-11-14. Retrieved 2013-09-20.

v t e Vallenato Musicians

	Renowned vallenato musicians Jorge Celedón Alejo Durán Alfredo Gutierrez 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

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Persondata
Name	Zuleta, Emiliano
Alternative names
Short description	Colombian vallenato composer, accordion player and singer
Date of birth	1912
Place of birth
Date of death	2005
Place of death

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