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
My Fair Lady (Shelly Manne album) issued on the Contemporary label. "My Fair Lady" itself was redone over the years by other jazz artists, starting very soon after the Manne hit. Billy Taylor and Quincy Jones brought out "My Fair Lady Loves Jazz" in 1957, and this was followed by albums of "My Fair Lady" music by Nat King Cole ("Nat King Cole Sings My Fair Lady") ; Wild Bill Davis; Dick Hyman with Ruby Braff; Oscar Peterson ("The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays "My Fair Lady""); and others. Manne himself worked with arranger John Williams to present a different whole-album treatment of the musical in 1964,