Renaming Artist name for groups of songs.

I listen to a lot of classical music. Here the artist name, composer name, and album name can all be screwed up between different music companies where one uses one company uses one field for the artist name and another for the composer name. The other problem is that the composer's names are always spelled differently for the same composer, where one uses "Mozart", another "W. A. Mozart", etc.
So the problem is I need to rename an entire album's list of composer names at once when I import a CD to my iPod. Is ther a way to do that other than copy and paste the desired new name in each track?

Select all the songs you want then right click - get info.
Anything in the boxes will be copied to every song selected.

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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 song info window, and by selecting "options" 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.
You should also check that the songs have album name info in their ID tags.
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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".
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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.
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