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
Stanley Holloway on stage and screen Titfield Thunderbolt" (1953), which confirmed Holloway as a mainstay of British cinema. His final film with the studio was "Meet Mr. Lucifer" (1953). In 1956, Holloway revived his flagging career, creating the role of Alfred P. Doolittle in the extraordinarily successful original Broadway production of "My Fair Lady", which was made into a hit film in 1964 with Holloway in the same role. Owing to the film's success, he was able to get good roles in more films, including "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" alongside Herman's Hermits. His films in the early 1970s included "The Private Life of