Not much there...could be said of much of the catalogue of the Stones, especially, in terms of chord progressions.
But Elvis? As you may know Elvis never composed a thing - anything credited to him was simply a way of funneling more cash via the royalty system.
Elvis WAS a pioneer. The Sun Sessions are an incredible, spontaneous combination of different musical elements. But even the Sun Sessions were cover songs and Elvis performed only other people’s compositions his entire life, even if he had help from Leiber & Stoller.
Holly wrote, sang, played LEAD guitar, arranged and produced - all before the age of 22.
That said, in my view nobody can top Chuck Berry as the father of rock n’ roll but to a musician Holly tops Elvis in all but the vocal department.
‘nobody can top Chuck Berry as the father of rock n’ roll but to a musician Holly tops Elvis in all but the vocal department.’
That right there is an excellent summation, imho.
I am afraid I will have to disagree with you on most of your points. Never thought I would find someone actually touting Peggy Sue and That’ll be the day as great songs. If I ranked bands I wouldn’t even rank Buddy Holly A real zero. Had he not died no one would know who he is. Even then most people never heard of him. For good reason.
I am not a big Stones fan but at least they had a variety of songs and styles and most had more than 3 chords unlike Buddy Holly :-) But I am glad you are passionate about music and wish you well my friend.