Why won't iTunes 11 "stop" one song and then "play" what I've selected (OS 10.6) ?

(1) I can't get iTunes to play songs I select (in Playlist view) from the menu at the top.  I used to be able to switch from one playlist or song to another by clicking the Play button at the top. Now I can only play a song I want in Playlist view by double-clicking it.  Why don't the controls at the top do what they used to do?
(2) When I switch to the Mini-Player, if I try to forward to the next song in the playlist, iTunes selects something from a completely different playlist, apparently at random. This seems to be because in Controls/Shuffle, "Shuffle" switches itself to "On."  Can't I forward to the next selection in the Miniplayer any more?  And why is Shuffle turning itself on?  (I HATE Shuffle. Have you ever thought you were going to the next song in your "Game of Thrones" playlist and gotten a Russian gypsy song instead?)
(3) Can anyone tell me where to find the tutorials for this $&#*^%(^*$!* version of iTunes?
Humble thanks for any help out there.

I too can confirm this is a problem and it is too bad becasue play counts are important to me. I track my listening habits with them. iOS 7 on 4S is not updating the play counts or time or anything about the music once played on the phone. I certain it is not an iTiunes problem becasue checking the music on the phone itself show it has no new information to synch on it. it isall the same as when I copied the somgs over. It is definitely an iOS 7 bug. Apple, if you see this, please fix ASAP!

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