She then lived in England for a year on a student exchange program, during which she studied creative writing with the film critic from Time Out and began contributing to the New Musical Express.

[4] Speaking in 2009, Charone cited her writing for the Chicago Sun-Times while a teenager as the most important break for her career as a music journalist, since it led to Rolling Stone also accepting her as a freelancer.

She worked as a staff writer for Sounds magazine,[1] in addition to making freelance contributions to Rolling Stone,[5] Crawdaddy!, Creem, Hit Parader and ZigZag through to late 1975.

[8] She spent the next two years working on an authorized biography of the Stones' guitarist and songwriter,[2] during which she was afforded rare access to the couple's private life at Richards' Redlands estate.

[11] In addition to representing acts she had known from her time as a music journalist, including Rod Stewart and Eric Clapton,[1] Charone was an early champion of Madonna before the latter achieved international fame.

[12] The agency's clients have included musical artists such as Madonna, R.E.M.,[4] Robert Plant, Christina Aguilera, Anastacia, Cher,[11] Primal Scream, Depeche Mode, Simply Red, Pearl Jam, Stereophonics, Rufus Wainwright, Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello, Lenny Kravitz and Keith Richards, together with comedians David Walliams, Graham Norton[12] and Russell Brand.

The newspaper dubbed Charone "Britain's most powerful music PR", citing the recent campaigns in which she had helped revitalize the careers of Madonna and Neil Diamond and establish those of Duffy and Mark Ronson.