Importing folders by Genre (not artist)?

Alright.....I have a ton of songs all nicely organized by folders named by Genre. I have also edited all the song's genres to 6 different catagories. When I import songs into itunes, it duplicates all the songs into a new folder. In that folder are tons of new folders for each artist in my collection. I have a ton of one-hit wonders and this mess of a thousand new folders (many with one song each) is silly.
I want itunes to read my existing filing system (by genre) and not duplicate every song in this new folder. Can I get itunes to read my existing folder? Or can I get itunes to rebuild it's new folder by genre.....so I can then delete my folder...no need for memory robbing duplication. Any ideas? Thanks.
p.s. I have a video ipod, if that matters.

Thanks for the reply. Actually, know that I can create playlists within itunes, once the music is imported. That should be easy after I sort the songs by genre in the full library.
The problem is how it copies the files on my computer. I already have the mp3-4 files on the computer, but when I go into itunes to import it into the library, it copies every song into a new spot on the computer (in the 'my music folder') Now I have 2 copies of every song on the hard drive and the new one that itunes set up is organized by artist, not by genre.
I did find an upload that might help: iTLU V. 1.22 I would just assume fix this within the exist iTunes program.

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