identify an artist

Can anyone tell me who the male jazz/blues artist was that sang the Etta James song bye bye blackbird in the 70's

We currently have 16 versions of that song from the 70s. Unfortunately it's going to be hard to pinpoint the exact artist given how popular that song is. You can see the versions we currently have on site at Bye Bye Blackbird

I don't think Etta James recorded this song. Etta Jones did, however, in 1960.

Bye Bye Blackbird

One candidate might be Joe Cocker (1969):

Bye Bye Blackbird