Hi all....i'm feeling rather stupid..lost iTunes

I used ITunes years ago on a talktalk email...and now I have got a new iPhone 5s I am starting to use it again.
Everything on new phone is with gmail addy...but when I access iTunes it still wants log in with talktalk addy...which is a pain...but fine.
I have all my music transferred to iPhone....but now it shows nothing in iTunes...despite me buying a track yesterday.
I am scared to re-sync phone in case all music goes altogether as haven't got it backed up on PC yet as had to buy new one as laptop dies.....iPhone is only copy of all my music I have!!!
Please help me!!!!!

Hello miniladyuk,
The article below details the process of downloading your purchases to your computer.
Download past purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
Cheers,
Allen

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