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.
Alan Freed, the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the phrase rock and roll, was the master of ceremonies at many of the first rock concerts, including his 1955 Easter Jubilee. The roots of rock and roll lay in African American blues and gospel. As the Great Migration brought many African Americans to the cities of the north, the sounds of rhythm and blues attracted suburban teens.