Can't Delete Items from Music Library

I've upgraded to 7.01 and can no longer Delete items from my normal music library, whether they're checked or unchecked. It used to work with the Delete Key, now that does nothing...and right-clicking on the song gives no delete option. Also, with the song highlighted, the top menu Edit/Delete option is greyed out.
In other words, I can't delete any song from my library. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
K Culberson

If the songs are greyed out, it sounds like you're looking at the contents of your iPhone while connected to iTunes. If that's the case, you would need to do all your editing on your library (not the iPhone's contents) then re-sync the iPhone to your library.

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