Why don't contact names show up on my messages?

I just got the lastest update for my iPhone 4s (which I've only had for 2 days now), and now when I get messages sent to me, I only see the phone number, not the contact's name. However, when I get an alert, it does have the contact name. This isn't a huge deal, but it is annoying. Any suggestions that might fix this?

I still haven't found a good explanation why this capability was lost. I keep finding postings saying that track names cannot be stored on CDs. Apparently other long-time iTunes users besides me remember being able to burn CDs and having the track information be retained. (Perhaps we were burning MP3 CDs; would these have the track info?) All I know is I used to burn audio CDs to play in my non-MP3 car stereo for years and when I would put that same CD into a computer the names would appear. This was how I would back up purchased CDs and also prepare music for lessons, so having the names was not optional.
If it was just me, I'd assume I was remembering incorrectly, but it's not the case.
My old mix CDs burned with track info, and now they don't.
Gift CDs other people burned for me had track names, but new ones I make in iTunes9 don't.
I NEVER used to have to add track info manually.
Don't you think we would remember something that time-consuming and annoying? Something has changed and I would like a better explanation than "no". I'd love to see info from iTunes 6 or 7.

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