IPhone shows song but will not play

I think this is a 'new' development on my iPhone 5. Noted this AM that several songs (whole albums in some cases, others just random tracks) show on the menu ('greyed out', but visible) with the 'downloading' progress indicator (red circle with square inside) next to them. If I select the track, it will not play and the phone cycles through the next tracks until it finds one that is available. On a side note, all affected tracks appear to be music I imported from physical CDs, none of my iTunes purchased content is affected. I know I have played these tracks as recently as 2 weeks ago, and had not done any upgrades (my home Mac keeps prompting me to install a new iTunes, but I usually resist until it tells me I am required to for some function to work), and I just now upgdated my phone (after noting the problem) to the most recent version.
I am on the road right now and do not have access to the computer I synch my phone with -- so if the solution is to wipe everything clean and start over, I will try that when I am home again (such a PC/Windows way to handle a problem...). More concerned with WHY, as this is a huge inconvenience. Any help would be appreciated!

Hello rahulseth,
I would recommend for these symptoms that you delete the song and re download it using this article:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
That should resolve any issues with the downloaded file.
All the best,
Sterling

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