With a Little Bit of Luck With a Little Bit of Luck "With a Little Bit of Luck" is a popular song by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, written for the 1956 Broadway play "My Fair Lady". It was sung by Stanley Holloway as Alfred P. Doolittle in both the original stage and film versions. It is sung by Eliza's bin man father, Alfred P. Doolittle and is about a list of everyday situations which one finds themselves in, and a desire to take the easy way out as "With a Little Bit of Luck" one's fate might change, thus avoiding any responsibility. The song
Eliza Doolittle (singer) recording artist. She chose the stage name of "Eliza Doolittle", the "Pygmalion" and "My Fair Lady" character, because it was her nickname as a child. Eliza had a brief career on stage playing Young Cosette in "Les Misérables" in London's West End in 1996-1997. Her parents had met and began their relationship during the original production when her father was the co-director and her mother played Eponine. Eliza went on to play the lead role in Lucy Simon's Tony Award-winning musical version of "The Secret Garden" in 2001, when The Royal Shakespeare Company premiered the show in London. Before entering