Music on Slideshow

Ok I give up I am trying to add more than 1 song to a slide show.
I have tried the create play list in ITunes and selecting that but I still only get 1 song and when I try to pick again I notice that only the last song picked has a gray box around it.
What am I doing wrong?

First, a question. Was any of your music purchased from iTunes? If so, you must take these preliminary steps.
1. Burn the music in question to a CD.
2. Reimport the music as an AIFF file. iTunes>Preferences>Advanced>Importing>Import using: (drop down menu) AIFF encoder
3. This music can now be used in your slideshow.
I have tried the create play list in ITunes and selecting that but I still only get 1 song and when I try to pick again I notice that only the last song picked has a gray box around it.
It seems like one song in the playlist has been selected; if so, then that is the only one that will play. Try selecting any other playlist, and then go back and select the one that you want to use. Do not click on any of the songs in that playlist.
If this does not work, then try the following. Quit iPhoto and delete your iPhoto preferences. To do this, go to your username> library> preferences> com.apple.iphoto.plist. Delete this file. Then reopen iPhoto; it will create a new preference file with all of the default settings.
I hope this helps.

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