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.
British Dictionary definitions for rock and roll Expand. noun. 1. a type of pop music originating in the 1950s as a blend of rhythm and blues and country and western. It is generally based upon the twelve-bar blues, the first and third beats in each bar being heavily accented.