What year did the lights go out?

it was a trivia question, on a music channel, but i dont know if the question was music related

There was a huge blackout in NYC in the summer of 1965, the first big power grid failure in a major city. Urban (and not-so-urban) folklore had it that the birth rate spiked nine months later, etc. etc. It was national news, lots of Carson jokes, comedy skits, other pop culture references. Probably a movie, too, but I'm not sure.

oh that will be it because the answer was 1965

oh what vornado said will be right because the answer was 1965

1971, when Dana had a Top 20 hit with her song "Who Put The Lights Out?" in the middle of a postal strike.