Bob Kayli is the stage name of Robert Gordy (born Robert L. Gordy, 1931, in Detroit, Michigan). He was the youngest child of Berry Gordy, Sr. and Bertha Fuller, and is best known as the youngest brother of Motown Records founder, Berry Gordy, Jr.

The first Bob Kayli recording "Everyone Was There," came out in 1958. Berry leased it to Carlton Records. It sold well until Kayli made personal appearances and the public discovered he was Black. Record sales screeched to a halt.

So he worked at the post office until Motown Records started hitting it big, then left his government job for an entry level position in Motown's engineering department.