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
Eddie Albert 1955 in Boston. He performed at The Muny Theater in St. Louis, reprising the Harold Hill role in "The Music Man" in 1966 and playing Alfred P. Doolittle in "My Fair Lady" in 1968. In the 1950s, Albert appeared in film roles such as that of Lucille Ball's fiancé in "The Fuller Brush Girl" (1950), Bill Gorton in "The Sun Also Rises" (1957), and a traveling salesman in "Carrie" (1952). He was nominated for his first Oscar as Best Supporting Actor with "Roman Holiday" (1953). In "Oklahoma!" (1955), he played a womanizing Persian peddler, and in "Who's Got the Action?"