Yeah but PB was very boring. Very milquetoast .
On the contrary, I find him very exciting--his versions of Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally are my favorite.
At the time, he was the sanitized, nice-guy alternative to the edginess and down-n-dirty honkytonkness of rock'n'roll. Parents could approve of his music, but were justifiably alarmed at the sexual undertones of the early rock lyrics and pounding rhythms, especially on the young teens.
Rock'n'roll of the 50s would soon unleash the 60s and 70s Sexual Revolution that would eventually destroy the majority of women, the family, modesty, public decency, childhood, millions of the unborn, and mental health in this country. Look around you and tell me that's not what has happened.