Have an old itunes account I can't remember logon info for

I got my first ipod several years back and evidentally through the years of upgrades, I have started an new account or two.  I figured this out when I recently lost all my uploaded music (back up crashed!) and had to import all my purchased music.  I realized a lot of music I purchased when I first got an ipod was no longer there.  My best guess is it's on another account somewhere.  I have no idea how to find it!  I've done my best at guessing old usernames/passwords and have made an ever bigger mess I fear.....so far it's been manageable though.  Evidentlly, you have to pay for any type of phone support so I've been goin' in cirlces trying to figure this out myself.  I'm missing hundreds of purchased songs so as you can imagine this is very frustrating!
My question:  Is there anyway to find old accounts without knowing the username and password?  Maybe by serial number of orignal ipod or by looking up my name or address?
Thanks!

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