[//process the Classic button event
  cbtn1.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
          {
              //String[] Str1 = {"John","James","Moses","Nick","Paul"};
              //trying something new here
               String[] cdtit = displayClassicTitles();
               titlelisting = new JList(cdtit);
 
               titlelisting.setVisibleRowCount(3);
 
               //does not allow multiple selections
               titlelisting.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
 
                scrollPane = new JScrollPane(titlelisting);
                   // frame.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
                 ListAndLabelPanel.add(scrollPane,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
                 //  create an image icon
 
                 ImageIcon cdImage = new ImageIcon("C:/CDGraphics/GospelGifs/EasyStars.Gif");
 
              //add the image icon to a label and set label text
               lblC = new JLabel(cdImage);
               lblC.setText("Pic of selected title");
               ListAndLabelPanel.add(lblC,BorderLayout.CENTER);
 
               panelC.add(ListAndLabelPanel,BorderLayout.CENTER);
 
                 //now  add the center panel to the frame
                frame.add(panelC,BorderLayout.CENTER);
 
                frame.setVisible(true);
 
               //Handle the JList Event
          titlelisting.addListSelectionListener(new ListSelectionListener(){
            public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent event)
             {
                 if(!event.getValueIsAdjusting())
                  {
                     if(titlelisting.getSelectedValue()=="OxbridgeBaby")
                      {
                          ImageIcon cdImage1 = new ImageIcon("C:/CDGraphics/ClassicGifs/OxbridgeBaby.Gif");
                          lblC.setIcon(cdImage1);
                          ShoppingCart selectedItem = new ShoppingCart();
                          selectedItem.setSelectedTitle1(titlelisting.getSelectedValue().toString());
                          selectedItem.setTitlePrice1("$10.00");
                          selectedItem.setVisible(true);                                    
                      }else if(titlelisting.getSelectedValue()=="BrainyBaby")
                       {
                         ImageIcon cdImage2 = new ImageIcon("C:/CDGraphics/ClassicGifs/BrainyBaby.Gif");
                         lblC = new JLabel(cdImage2);
                         ShoppingCart selectedItem = new ShoppingCart();
                         selectedItem.setSelectedTitle2(titlelisting.getSelectedValue().toString()); 
                         selectedItem.setVisible(true);
                       }else if(titlelisting.getSelectedValue()=="ADozenRoses")
                        {
                           ImageIcon cdImage3 = new ImageIcon("C:/CDGraphics/ClassicGifs/ADozenRoses.Gif");
                           lblC = new JLabel(cdImage3);
                           ShoppingCart selectedItem = new ShoppingCart();
                           selectedItem.setSelectedTitle3(titlelisting.getSelectedValue().toString());
                        }
                         else{ }   
 
                      }
                    }
                });  
 
             }
  });

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener;
 
public class ListExample extends JFrame {
    JList itemListing;
    JLabel pathLabel;
 
    public ListExample() {
        getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 
        // Build your ListModel from the items list.
        // You could very easily make this custom
        // ListModel class to handle all of the data retrieval.
        DefaultListModel model = new DefaultListModel();
        List<ListItem> fileItems = getItemsFromFile();
        for (ListItem item : fileItems){
            model.addElement(item);
        }
        itemListing = new JList(model);
        itemListing.addListSelectionListener(new SelectionListener());
        getContentPane().add(itemListing, BorderLayout.NORTH);
 
        pathLabel = new JLabel();
        getContentPane().add(pathLabel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
 
        setBounds(100,100,300,200);
    }
 
    /** Just an example, you would retrieve these items from
     * file, database, whatever.
     */
    private List<ListItem> getItemsFromFile() {
        List<ListItem> items = new ArrayList<ListItem>();
        items.add(new ListItem("One thing","c:\\someDir\\oneThing.jpg"));
        items.add(new ListItem("Another thing","c:\\someDir\\anotherThing.jpg"));
        items.add(new ListItem("Big shiny thing","c:\\someDir\\shiny.jpg"));
        return items;
    }
 
    /** This is your data class. It should hold all of the data that you need 
     * to display or work with for each item.
     */
    class ListItem {
        String description;
        String path;
 
        public ListItem(String description, String path){
            this.description = description;
            this.path = path;
        }
 
        public String getPath(){
            return path;
        }
        public String toString(){
            return description;
        }
    }
 
    /** Small listener for your JList */
    class SelectionListener implements ListSelectionListener{
        public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
            if (itemListing.getSelectedIndex()>-1){
                ListItem selectedItem = (ListItem)itemListing.getSelectedValue();
                pathLabel.setText( selectedItem.getPath() );
            }
        }
    }
 
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new ListExample().setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }
}