Artist name for compilation albums (No album for artist alone present)

When I have a compilation album, fe Route 66 (including a song from Steppenwolf) and a Steppenwolf album (Steppenwolf : 16 greatest hits), i can see Steppenwolf in the 'artist view', and see the 2 albums.
When an artist only appears on a compilation album, but no individual album, the artist is not detectable in the artist view (except when using the search function).
Can this be solved ?
Thx in advance
Jan

THANK YOU!
I see the Album Artist tag from Windows file properties but not from within my tag editing programs. Granted, I've had these since probably 2003-2004ish, perhaps the Album Artist tag wasn't around at that time? I'm really unsure, I just know that they do not exist with any of my editors.
I highlighted all songs in the album folder, right clicked, hit properties, and set Album Artist for all songs. They now all show up under album art entry.
This problem has been killing me for months and I have a couple albums I've been missing on my iPod because of it. All is good now, thanks again!

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