Emiliano Zuleta Baquero was a Colombia

Colombia

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n vallenato

Vallenato

Vallenato, along with cumbia, is currently a popular folk music of Colombia. It primarily comes from the Colombia's Caribbean region. Vallenato literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing this name is located between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía de Perijá in...

 composer, accordion

Accordion

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 player and singer, popularly known as El viejo Mile (The Old Mile). Zuleta was born on January 11, 1912 in La Jagua del Pilar

La Jagua del Pilar

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, a small town of la Guajira; He died on October 30, 2005 in Valledupar

Valledupar

Valledupar is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Cesar Department and was founded in 1550 by the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Santana. Its name, Valle de Upar , was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; Cacique Upar...

 (Cesar) from respiratory problems. Zuleta was 93 years old.

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

Carlos Vives

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 and Julio Iglesias

Julio Iglesias

Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva , better known simply as Julio Iglesias, is a Spanish singer who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is one of the top 15 best selling music artists in history,...

would interpret, turning the song into an international hit.

Compositions

• La Gota Fria
• 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