Paul Julien André Mauriat (French: [pɔl mɔʁja] or [moʁja]; 4 March 1925 – 3 November 2006) was a French orchestra leader, conductor of Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat, who specialized in the easy listening genre. He is best known in the United States for his million-selling remake of André Popp's “Love is Blue“, which was number 1 for 5 weeks in 1968. Other recordings for which he is known include “El Bimbo“, “Toccata“, “Love in Every Room/Même si tu revenais“, and “Penelope“.[citation needed] He co-wrote the song Chariot (also known as I Will Follow Him) with Franck Pourcel. Pourcel (using the pseudonym J.W. Stole) and Mauriat (using the pseudonym Del Roma). In the World of Animals (Russian: В мире животных, romanized: V mire zhivotnykh) is a Soviet and Russian television program dedicated to zoology and wildlife research, especially the habits and habitat of animals. It began airing in 1968. In the early 1970s, the show started with a composition by Paul Mauriat Orchestra Colombe Ivre, with giraffe and rhino depicted in the main titles. In 1974, the title sequence depicted a flying monkey, running under the ostriches, with the music of Ariel Ramirez's La peregrinación (Pilgrimage) from the Christmas cantata Our Christmas, also in adaptation by Paul Mauriat Orchestra. This screensaver lasted until 2009. The program was the winner of the TEFI prize in 1996 for Best journalistic program. «В ми́ре живо́тных» — советская и российская просветительская телепередача о жизни животных в их естественной среде обитания.
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