Frank Czuri

Who is Frank Czuri?

Frank Czuri is an American tenor, currently reunited with the Igniters, his band from youth, who released 2 records on Atlantic under the names Jimmy Mack & the Music Factory and Friends, also working occasionally with Pittsburgh's Silencers again. The Igniters did several reunion jobs which were so successful, the band decided to reunite. Frank was formerly a lead singer with Pure Gold, a Pittsburgh-based classic R&B vocal group who have made two featured performances in the PBS American Music Series while backing artists such as Jerry Butler, Gene Chandler, Mel Carter, Barbara Mason, Barbara Lewis, Percy Sledge, Sam Moore, among others. After the original Igniters breakup in 1970, Czuri was a member of prominent Pittsburgh bands such as the post-"Rapper" Jaggerz, Diamond Reo, with whom Czuri performed on Dick Clark's American Bandstandon Season 18 episode 19 February 15, 1975, and The Silencers. The Silencers' video for "Remote Control/Illegal" was among the first music videos aired on MTV when it launched on August 1, 1981. As of July 2013, Frank has also been singing with the Pittsburgh multi-million sellers, Jimmy Beaumont and the Skyliners.