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Cara Jones (born Joan Cara Stein in 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, and a voice actor. Married name is Joan Dans.
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Cara Jones (born Joan Cara Stein in 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, and a voice actor. Married name is Joan Dans.
As a singer and songwriter, she has sold over 1.2 million physical copies of her songs in Japan. In the United States and elsewhere, her music can be heard on the popular syndicated television series Dawson's Creek , as well as a number of feature films.
As a voice talent, Cara is heard worldwide as the English voice of the GPS car navigation systems of the Jaguar (car), models of the Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz, Land Rover, Ford and more. She announced the 1998 Winter Olympics at Nagano, voiced hundreds of commercials, as well as popular PlayStation and Sega games. In addition, Cara spent 7 years as a prime time DJ on Tokyo's popular FM station, J-Wave. Also helmed radio shows at FM Yokohama, Bay FM (Japan), CBC Radio (Nagoya) Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting.
She has one child, born in 2007, and one husband.
| Year | Album | Notes | Availability |
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| 2000 | NOW | Originally released in 1999 in Japan by Warner Music Group (WEA). Released worldwide in 2000 by Fall Girl Records fully remixed, remastered and with new cover art. | Available on carajones.com or CD Baby , iTunes, Spotify, BandCamp |
| 1996 | Pandora's Box | Released in 1996 in Japan by Teichiku Records. Remixed and remastered world-wide release April 2020 by Fall Girl Records/Carasmatic. | BandCamp, iTunes, Spotify and all digital services |
| 1994 | Different Skies | Originally released in 1994 in Japan. Released worldwide by Fall Girl Records. | Available on carajones.com or CD Baby |
| Artist | Album/Single | Song | Label Info |
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| Puffy AmiYumi | An Illustrated History | "True Asia” | Bar None Records (BRN-CD-128 released 10.02 – USA) |
| Puffy AmiYumi | The Monsters Project 2002 | "True Asia” | Sony Records (SRCL-5115 released 10.24.01 – Korea and Japan) |
| Yoshitaka Minami | Nude Voice | "SkyBlue" | Victor Entertainment (VICJ-60740 released 2.21.01 – Japan) |
| The Yellow Monkey | Sugar Fix (maxi-single) | "Sugar Fix" and "Bulb” | Japan – Fun House Records (FHCF-2428 released 8.21.98), UK – BMG Records (74321 -605372 released 8.12.98). Reached No. 18 on Oricon chart. |
| Zabadak (band) | Oto | "Fatal Flaw" and "14 no Oto" | Pioneer LDC (BICL-5009 released 1.27.99) |
| Mimori Yusa | Harmonica Beach | "Clover" | Toshiba-Emi (ESDB-3740 released 1.22.97 – Japan) |
| Harumi Kaneko | Try To Remember | "Stars Up in the Sky" | Philips (PHCE-34 released 1992, Japan) |
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