Robert Louis Gordy (July 15, 1931 – October 21, 2022) was an American songwriter, music publishing executive, and recording artist under the stage name Bob Kayli.

[4] Gordy had a brief career as a recording artist and had a minor hit as Bob Kayli with the novelty song "Everyone Was There" (1958), co-written with his brother Berry and leased by him to the Carlton label.

[3] The record reached number 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1958 and he performed it on the Dick Clark TV Show.

[3][7][8] As his older brother's Motown company expanded, Robert returned to work for it, initially as a recording engineer.

As an actor, Robert Gordy also played the drug pusher character "Hawk" in his first acting role in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues.