1. Be understandable. This usage, first recorded in 1686, is often used in a negative context, as in This explanation doesn't make sense. 2. Be reasonable, wise, or practical, as in It makes sense to find out first how many will attend the conference. This term employs sense in the meaning of what is reasonable, a usage dating from 1600.
Answer Wiki. The rock and roll era began around 1950. It evolved from rhythm and blues in the 1940s. The name rock and roll was the title of a song by the Boswell Sisters in 1934 (YouTube), but that was a swing song.
Rock-and-Roll (rÃ¤k'n roll') n. first so used (1951) by Alan Freed, Cleveland disc jockey, taken from the song My Baby Rocks Me with a Steady Roll. The use of rock, roll, rock and roll, etc., with reference to sexual intercourse, is traditional in blues, a form of popular music that evolved in the 1950's from rhythm and blues, characterized by the use of electric guitars, a strong rhythm with an accent on the offbeat, and youth-oriented lyrics.