[5] Kragen was personal manager to numerous musicians, including country music stars Trisha Yearwood, Travis Tritt,[6] Dottie West and Kenny Rogers for many years.

Harry Belafonte contacted Kragen, who was then managing Lionel Richie and Kenny Rogers, about putting together a concert to help raise money for African causes.

[9] The group, known as USA for Africa, included Michael Jackson, Richie, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Rogers, and many other pop music stars of the day.

[5] A year later, Kragen organized another charity event, Hands Across America, a human chain across the contiguous United States that involved 6.5 million people.

[12] Kragen continued to work actively as a consultant for several companies and non-profits including the Southern California Jet Propulsion Laboratory; the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; and Rallysong100.