Music On iPod - Artist Not Showing Up On List

I have a few Gentle Giant albums, but they don't appear on the Artist list. The iPod is perfectly synced to iTunes, and the music is there (the songs appear on the Songs list), but when I go to Artists they don't appear. I have an iMac G5 if it matters.

It could be that you have inadvertently imported these CDs into iTunes as part of a compilation. If so, the artists won't show in the artists menu on the iPod.
To check, highlight the tracks on one of the offending artists CDs in iTunes, right click and select "get info". This brings up a multiple song info window, and from there you can check if you have 'yes' in the box marked "part of a compilation".
If you have, select 'no' instead and click 'ok'. Do this with any CD that has this issue. This will alter the info in iTunes, and you should then connect your iPod and synchronize the changes.
The problem arises because the information contained on the Gracenote CD Data Base (where iTunes gets all it's album/artist/track info from), is sometimes incorrect. It can show CDs as compilations when in fact they are not.
I have a few Gentle Giant albums,
Wow, don't see their name mentioned here too many times!!

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