Alicia good to see you! I hope all is well.
For those of us who do not have the wonderful iPod and use iTunes on our computers. I finally found the handy little freeware I have been hoping for.
This is a download for "quickTunes". It puts the information for the track you are playing across the top of your desktop in the menu bar. If you click on the "track playing" you get a pull down menu with things like; stop, play, next song etc.
This way you do not have to switch out of your current window to bring up iTunes.
Don't you love technology!
QuickTunes