Education
He attended Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, where he played in a band and got a job as a disc jockey.
He attended Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, where he played in a band and got a job as a disc jockey.
He was born in Paris, Tennessee. During his career as a DJ he worked in Washington, District of Columbia and in Los Los Angeles He also did voice work in commercials, which led to his career as a voice actor in television series.
Jones appeared as the host of Soul Unlimited, Dick Clark"s short-lived all-black version of American Bandstand that Clark had created as an answer to Soul Train.
He also provided voices for Defenders of the Earth (as Lothar), The Super Globetrotters (as Spaghetti Manitoba), Captain Planet and the Planeteers and The New Batman Adventures. Jones died on September 16, 2014, in his home in North Hollywood, California, at age 71.