Cannot add songs to my iPhone 4S from iTunes

Hello, when I drag songs from my iTunes music library to my iPhone, iTunes tells me it is "Preparing to update." Eventually it stops preparing, but the songs are not copied. I have been dragging songs from my iTunes library to my phone for years. Suddenly this method isn't working. I have an iPhone 4S running iOS 7.0.3; it is updated. Likewise with iTunes; it's version 11.1.3, the current version. I have tried rebooting both phone and computer to no avail.
Thanks,
Alex Price

alexanderbp wrote:
Suddenly this method isn't working.
You need to define "isn't working" if you expect an intelligent response.  We have no idea what that means... What happens when you try?
FIY, no one from Apple is going to respond. This is a user to user forum. Apple does not participate here.

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