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UckMA FRUSTRATED SONGSTRESS Television, which has aired most everything from A (aardvarks on the Garry Moore Show) to Z (Zulus on Ramar of the Jungle ), now has come up with a frustrated singer. She’s lovely Vicki Mills, a dis¬ covery of Harry Salter, orchestra leader and producer of Name That Tune, and her only complaint is that she never gets a chance to finish a song on the show. The reason is the program’s format, which calls for her to stop singing as soon as a contestant guesses the song’s title or runs out of time. So the au¬ burn-haired beauty hopes some day for a TV show that will give her a chance to sing a song through to the very end. Vicki, who was born Carmella Marie Melillo, of Danbury, Conn., was visiting New York with her fam¬ ily two years ago when she dropped in to hear Name That Tune, then on radio. The master of ceremonies, Red Benson, invited her to sing. The re¬ sponse was so enthusiastic that Salter caught up with her as she was leav¬ ing the studio and offered her a regu¬ lar job as the program’s vocalist to replace June Valli, then leaving for Hit Parade. Now just turned 20, she lives in a hotel for women and pals around with Jill Corey and Shirley Harmer, both vocalists on Dave Garroway’s Friday night show. In addition, as Salter’s personal dis¬ covery, Vicki has been virtually adopted by his family. In fact, she de¬ rived her new name from the Salters’ young daughter, Vicki, with whom she baby-sits every Tuesday and takes ballet lessons once a week. And it’s Mrs. Salter who teaches her to sing Name That Tune songs in those foreign tongues that baffle contestants. Mrs. S. has a staff of 30 exchange students who translate each song into the required native language. She then writes out the translation pho¬ netically for Vicki to memorize. 13