Etymology of "Ska"

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>There was *something* about those /l/s in the way she sang
>"Lollipop"; can anyone help identify the relevant phonetic feature?
>I can still hear it in my mind's ear 40 years later...

I remember the song but I don't remember that.

A 1-minute sample of what I think is the right version can be played at
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/179502-01.htm

... and to my layman's ear it sounds like the "l" in "love" (although not
in "lollipop") in this segment is pronounced /lj/ (or else palatalized like
Spanish-Spanish "ll").

-- Doug Wilson