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
Charles Victor Jackson, and stayed with it for 10 years. Late in life, Victor toured internationally in the role of Alfred P. Doolittle in "My Fair Lady", performing the role on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on 19 March 1961 during a tribute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. Charles Victor Charles Victor (10 February 1896 – 23 December 1965) was a British actor who appeared in a number of film and television roles between 1931 and 1965. He was born Charles Victor Harvey. Born in Southport, Lancashire, England, Victor was a fourth-generation English music hall entertainer. He left school when he