Easy way to get "unkwown" tracks

After completing the download of all my CDs (600) I got 3 which were not recognized by the database and I am sure those exist. (I have to admit 1 was a copy)but the 2 others were genuine. Is there a "giant" database where we can choose the artist and the album (a little bit like artwork but for the songs) and then apply it to the concern album ?
Thanks

If you were connected to the Internet when you ripped them to iTunes you were connected to a giant database (Gracenotes) but it is possible it couldn't read the copy and the other two may be a little obscure and not in the database.
You can use Google to go look for album artwork and manually place it for these albums. You can also fill in the information for them manually by clicking on the song and then right clicking and selecting Get Info.

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