Reading: The Pop Star and the Stolen Song

When Dave Johansen turned on the radio and heard G. Go's latest single he was furious. He called Queen Blah Blah. Turn on the radio, he said. Wh ! What's going on! G. Go has a new hit song out. "nd it sounds a lot li#e that song ou were wor#ing on. $eall ! That's i%&ossi'le. (o one 'ut ou has heard it. )eah, 'ut re%e%'er that 'rea#*in at the studio two wee#s ago! )ou said nothing was %issing. Have ou chec#ed that our song is still there! (o, ever since the 'rea#*in +'ve 'een too scared to go. What if the were co%ing to #ill %e! + don't thin# that's what the were after. ,et's %eet at the studio and see if our song is still there. -h, + don't want to thin# a'out all of this. ,et's forget it. (o, this is i%&ortant. +'ll see ou at the studio at .&%. Dave Johansen was Queen Blah Blah's &roducer and in his whole career he had never %ade so %uch %one so fast. Blah Blah's first al'u% had five to& singles and %ade a %illion dollars in two wee#s. /he had 'een wor#ing on a new song in secret alone in the studio at night. +t was good. Dave #new it would %a#e another %illion. Well, a half a %illion for hi% and half a %illion for her. /he didn't #now that how %uch %one he was %a#ing fro% her. /he didn't #now a'out his secret 'an# accounts or that he was &a ing the accountant to #ee& &hon 'oo#s. +t wasn't good that so%eone had stolen her new song. "nd now Blah Blah's 'iggest rival in the &o& %usic world was going to get rich off of it. -f course, %a 'e G. Go had &aid a lot of %one to get that song. /o%eone could get rich selling it to her.He &honed u& G. Go's agent and said, +f ou don't want an 'ad stories in the &ress a'out that new song, ou'd 'etter 'e at Queen Blah Blah's studio at .&%. Blah Blah, Johansen and G. Go %et at her &rivate studio. +t was &rett dust inside. )ou could tell no one had 'een there for two wee#s. The window on the 'ac# door was 'ro#en. There were dirt foot&rints that went to the recording 'ooth fro% the door. + can't understand wh the alar% didn't go off, Johansen said. Blah Blah said, The %ust have turned it off 'efore the 'ro#e in. How did ou do it, G. Go! +t wasn't %e. + hate ou, 'ut + don't need to steal fro% ou to sell records. Besides, when did the 'rea#*in ha&&en! G. Go said. Two wee#s ago, 0onda night. + was recording a tal# show for T1. "s# an one at 2((. /o ou hired so%eone else to do it. That doesn't &rove an thing. Johansen said, "t least the didn't ta#e an of our awards. "ll those awards and attention for &o& %usic, Blah Blah said, -ur 'usiness is &rett du%' if ou thin# a'out it. +t's not li#e our %usic adds an thing to the culture. /o%eti%es + wish + could 'e an o&era singer. Don't sa that, Johansen said, We have a good 'usiness. Who cares! G. Go said, +'% rich, ou're rich. +'% cool. )ou're sort of cool. What %ore do ou need! )ou don't even have an awards et, Blah Blah said, + #now ou're 3ealous of all of %ine4 ,oo# G. Go, Johansen said, We #now it was ou. The thief ca%e in here. Went straight to the studio. -nl too# the ta&es to the new song. -&ened one drawer in the des#, the one with all her notes for the song. Didn't touch the awards, didn't steal an e5ui&%ent. The thieves were after one thing. (ow ou have the song. 6ver one #nows our songs are 3ust co&ies of old hits an wa . 2onfess. ,oo#, % song does sound li#e Blah Blah's song. + ad%it that. But + swear that + was never in this studio. G. Go answered. You have all the information you need to solve this mystery. To help you, fill in the mystery worksheet with all the information you have about the crime. Remember that details are important. Finally, see if you can figure out who did it.