Thanks, Eliot Tiegel, From Your Former Cub Reporter

billboard.com:

I was sad to see the news item that Eliot Tiegel, former Billboard managing editor, died on Tuesday (April 7) at age 84.Eliot hired me in my first go-round at Billboard in the '70s.

He changed the course of my life one day in 1977 when he came by my desk -- back when Billboard was based in the landmark 9000 Building on Sunset Blvd.

in West Hollywood -- with a question about The Doobie Brothers.I had written "The Doobie Bros." in a story. Eliot wanted to know if that was how the group's name was properly rendered, or if it was supposed to be "The Doobie Brothers."I'm sure I thought, "Who cares?

Everyone will know who I'm talking about." But I didn't want to get fired in my first few months on the job, so I placed the call to Warner Bros.,.