How to get music and playlists back on iTunes after reinstalling Mavericks?

My macbook pro (from 2010) had a problem today. Whenever starting up, a grey screen would appear and after the screen would shut off immediately. So after sitting all day trying to fix the problem I decided to reinstall Mavericks (which worked). However, my iTunes is completely wiped clean. I have all my music files still on my computer but not in the iTunes. Is there a way to get them all back without having to drag and drop each file one by one? And is it possible to get all my old playlists back with the dates added/play counts etc.? Need help ASAP! Thanks guys!

Regaining your playlists depends upon if you can find the original iTunes Library.itl file.  This should be in your iTunes folder but may have been replaced by a newer version which is blank.  I don't know why your music is still there but not your library file and I suspect there is something non-standard to your setup about which we don't know.
What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
Of course if you have a backup you can replace the blank file with one from the backup.
Failing restoring your .itl file there is no need to add media one by one.  Drag all the folders with the media to the Automatically Add To iTunes folder in your iTunes/Media folder.

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