is there any way to not have to uncheck "range contains column labels" in sort options?

I’m editing a huge list of songs, and all I want to do is place the artists or the songs in alphabetical order. Maybe I dont know what Im doing, but it seems like half the time I go to the Sort menu, I find the “range contains column labels” option checked, and I have to uncheck it to put the songs in alphabetical order. But when I go to “Sort” again later, it’s checked again. All I want to do is KEEP this option unchecked! Surely theres a simple way to do this?