LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- With their shared love of storytelling and tradition, Christmas and country music have gone hand in hand since the genre's beginnings. Dating back to the late 1920's some of the earliest country singers recorded songs about Christmas. In 1949, country Christmas music became mainstream when singing cowboy Gene Autry topped the charts with "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" and Ernest Tubb popularized "Blue Christmas" several years before Elvis made it the classic it is today. Ever since, the genre has been the perfect vehicle for the range of emotions that the holiday season can bring.