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
George Rose (actor) suspicious storekeeper in William Hanley's "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground" (1964), a bitter soldier in Peter Shaffer's "Royal Hunt of the Sun" (1965), and the detective in Joe Orton's "Loot" (1968). His first Tony Award nomination was for his portrayal of Louis Greff, Coco Chanel's friend, in the musical "Coco" in 1969. In the 1974 comedy "My Fat Friend", opposite Lynn Redgrave, he won a Drama Desk Award and received another Tony nomination. In 1976, he finally won a Tony as Alfred P. Doolittle in the Broadway revival of "My Fair Lady". He received further acclaim in the role