Biography
“The Ruler of Vallenato,” Emiliano Zuleta introduced the planet at large towards the accordion-powered folk music of his native Colombia via basic songs later included in crossover Latino superstars including Carlos Vives, Julio Iglesias, and Gloria Estefan. Delivered Emiliano Zuleta Baquero in La Jugua del Pilar on January 11, 1912, he was raised in a house with neither electric power nor running drinking water, and obtained his 1st accordion by stealing the device from an uncle. Zuleta later on wrote a genuine track begging forgiveness for the robbery, and his uncle not merely relented but offered him a fresh and better accordion upon finding the degree of his nephew’s skill. Zuleta also demonstrated himself a gifted balladeer, excelling in vallenato (“given birth to within the valley”), music affected by African, Western, and South American rhythms that required main along Colombia’s Caribbean coastline and combines switch accordion using the caja, a bongo-like drum, as well as the guacharaca, a washboard-style device. Though still simply 17 yrs . old, Zuleta increased to nationwide prominence in 1929 with “La Gota Fría,” created in response to rival Lorenzo Morales’ statements of excellent musical skills. The song had not been only popular, but it finished the feud between Zuleta and Morales, and later on the two males even toured collectively. Within the years pursuing World Battle II, Zuleta and Morales spearheaded what many Colombians think about the fantastic age group of vallenato, a time that also designated the rise of such pivotal music artists as Leandro Diaz and Alejandro Duran. Zuleta’s recognition and acclaim do little to greatly help give food to his 16 kids, nevertheless, and he analyzed agronomy and economics in order to improve his fortunes. In 1969, he teamed with sibling Tomás Alfonso Zuleta in los Hermanos Zuleta, saving for CBS, but continued to be little known beyond Columbia ahead of 1994, when Grammy champion Vives documented a contemporized edition of “La Gota Fría” that demonstrated a major strike on Latino radio and gained its composer a royalty check more than 200,000 dollars. “I couldn’t acquire that in seven lives being a farmer,” Zuleta stated at that time. Following the loss of life of his wife Carmen, Zuleta’s wellness got a dramatic switch for the worse, and he passed away on Oct 30, 2005, at age 93.
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Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Ingobernable | 2017 | TV Series | Coronel |
Vuelve Temprano | 2016 | TV Series | Agente Emiliano Gómez Zapata |
Los Miserables | 2015 | TV Series | Felipe Arancibia |
Señora Acero | 2014 | TV Series | Agente José Rodríguez |
Amor Sin Reserva | 2014 | TV Series | Licenciado |
Camelia La Texana | 2014 | TV Series | Carlos |
La Otra Cara del Alma | 2012 | TV Series | Doctor |
A corazón abierto | 2011 | TV Series | |
Huérfanas | 2011 | TV Series | Alberto Hernández |
Mexican Bloodbath | 2010 | El Indio (as Carlos Gallardo Ruiz) | |
La suburban de las monjas | 2008 | Video | Carlos (as Carlos Gallardo Ruiz) |
The Violin | 2005 | Soldado Colaborador | |
Carga pesada | 2004 | Camacho (as Carlos Gallardo Ruiz) | |
Morros cabrones | 2003 | El Jackson |
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