# Simple E

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{{BLP sources|date=July 2010}}{{Short description|American former R&B and hip hop pop singer-songwriter}}
'''Erica Williams''', better known as '''Simple E''', is an American former R&B and hip hop pop singer-songwriter, whose debut 1994 single "Play My Funk",  made the US ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [R&B](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs) [chart](/source/record_chart), and appeared on the ''[Sugar Hill](/source/Sugar_Hill_(1994_film))'' soundtrack.<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=[The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)|editor=[Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin_(writer))|publisher=[Virgin Books](/source/Virgin_Books)|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=308}}</ref>

Simple E was signed to [Fox Records](/source/20th_Century_Records), who then released her only album, ''[Colouz Uv Sound](/source/Colouz_Uv_Sound)'' on October 11, 1994.<ref name="LarkinDM"/> Two singles were released, "Blue Jeans"  and "Play My Funk", which reached 72 on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100). Simple E appeared on Cherokee's 1999 album, ''I Love You...Me''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Cherokee-I-Love-YouMe/release/7864656|title=Cherokee – I Love You...Me (1999, CD)|access-date=27 June 2021|website=Discogs.com}}</ref>

==Discography==
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!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Title
!colspan="2"| Chart positions
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! <small>[U.S. R&B](/source/Top_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Albums)</small>
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|1994
|''[Colouz Uv Sound](/source/Colouz_Uv_Sound)''
*Released: October 11, 1994
*Label: [Fox](/source/20th_Century_Records)
|align="center"|88
|-
|}

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Category:American contemporary R&B singers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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