Problem deleting track entry on iTunes

I have a problem deleting a couple of entries on iTunes 7.1.1.5. I had already erased the songs that were related to this few entries but I couldn't the entries off the library like I normally could.
A common point of these few songs is that they're all incomplete tracks and that their tags cannot be modified at all.
I tried the delete button and Right-click > delete but both couldn't work. What should I do?
Compaq Presario Windows XP

Today, I tried deleting the entry off iTunes and it worked. Wonder why it refused to delete it yesterday, no matter what I did. Hmmm. I hope that this does not happen again.
(Anyway, I could still delete an entry from iTunes even if the file is read-only.)
Thanks for your help anyway! I'm touched that the folks are so helpful here!
Compaq Presario Windows XP

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