Certain songs won't sync

Iphone 5s. Just changed to a new computer. All of the songs are in the Library and in the correct play list. They are also recognized and playing via Apple TV. However, around 60 songs, most of which are recent purchses, will not sync to the Iphone. They appear in the playlist with the "cloud" symbol next to them but will not download when I attempt to do that even one song at a time. When I turn Wifi off, they disappear from the palylist entirely. I have tried many of the suggestions in other strings with no success. Appears to be some kind of Apple glitch that others are experiencing as well?
I have deleted all music, changed manual settings on Summary page, etc. During the sync process, Itunes recognizes the correct number of songs but they dont function from the Iphone. Out of ideas.........

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