Half of my the music in itunes will not sync back to my iphone

Some of my music synced back to my iphone but not all .Some songs from the same album would load and others would not. There was a message that said "song not found" when it was right there in itunes. Only about half did load and itunes gave me a list of songs not loaded. Any idea what going on and how to fix the problem. Thanks for your response .  

In iTunes, when you connect your iPhone, in the Music tab for the iPhone, have you checked "Sync only checked songs and apps etc...." or something like that.

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