Song Name in iTunes shows Artist & Song title, but ID3 tag is Correct

I recently recreated my entire music library on iTunes (6000 songs) by adding the entire MyMusic folder. I noticed that all the song titles had the Artist name then song name (this caused problems when I did a sync with my iPod). When I went back into my iTunes, if I played the song, the Song Name would change back to the Song Title (without artist), but I don't want to do that with 6000 songs. I wiped it out again, and started to add 1 folder at a time, and it seems to be fine, but again, I don't want to do that for every folder.
Does anyone know why it does this when I add it all at once, and how can I prevent it. All my ID3 tags are fine (I've changed a bunch with MediaMonkey). Should I try a different tag editor? Any ideas?

iTunes labels the songs by the track name only.
iTunes prefs -> Advanced-
Uncheck *Copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library*.
The files will remain where they are and not be copied into the iTunes music folder.
Uncheck *Keep iTunes music folder organized*.
This will leave the file names alone.

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This may not help with whatever you did in Terminal but it may help with trying to update to 5.1.
System Preferences>Network, select your network (ethernet or wifi on the left) and click on the Advanced button and then the DNS tab. On the left, under DNS servers, click the + sign and type 8.8.8.8 click the + again and type 8.8.4.4 and save your settings. See if iTunes will now let you update.
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